Japan Synopsis
聖獣学園
18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing her. She also has to deal with a lecherous archbishops and a lesbian mother superior.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Transgressor. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Drama + Thriller in Japan
142 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Transgressor itself).
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
The Transgressor holds position #35 of 71 Japan films in the 1973–1975 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
1974 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 27 titles released, including The Transgressor. Bars below show how the 1970s stacked up year by year (197 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1974.
The 413th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
45 audience reviews — more than 62% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 70th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Transgressor, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- nunsploitation · 1
- eroticism · 25
- incest · 17
- pink film · 50
- erotic movie · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,116 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,369 of 1,933 (top 71%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | February 16, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0224077 |