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.
The 1973–1975 Japan Window
71 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Transgressor sits at position #35.
#1Great Mazinger
★ 8.1 · 1974
#2Dersu Uzala
★ 8.0 · 1975
#3The Last Samurai
★ 7.8 · 1974
#4Lady Snowblood
★ 7.6 · 1973
#5Pastoral: To Die in the Country
★ 7.6 · 1974
#6Ikkyū-san
★ 7.5 · 1975
#7Belladonna of Sadness
★ 7.4 · 1973
#8Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
★ 7.4 · 1973
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
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Transgressor premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |