Daisuke Yamanouchi's Girl Hell 1999 (Shôjo jigoku ichi kyû kyû kyû) is scheduled to be released on DVD (ADE-0624; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) in Japan on February 22nd; his Red Room 2 (Shin akai misshitsu (heya): kowareta ningyô-tachi) was released on DVD (ADE-0621; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) there on January 27th. The distributor of both of the DVD releases is Ace Deuce Entertainment K.K. (K.K. Êsu Dyûsu Entateinmento).
Girl Hell 1999 was originally released on VHS (F158JF-166; NTSC, no subtitles) in Japan by JVD K.K. (K.K. Jei Bui Dî) - a.k.a. Japan Video Distribution - on October 8, 1999. Red Room 2 was originally released on VHS (F158JF-179; NTSC, no subtitles) in Japan by JVD on August 4, 2000.
The screenplay for Girl Hell 1999 was written by Yamanouchi. The movie's principal cast was as follows: Yôko Satomi (first listing), Kana Sakurai (a.k.a. Yumeno), Kazuhiro Sano, Sheena Nagamori (Nagamori Shîna), Natsumi Harada, Tomomaru Murai (given name may be "Toshimaru", etc.), Yûsuke Kimura, Yasushi Takemoto, Salmon Sakeyama (Sâmon Sakeyama), and Gô Okuno.
The screenplay for Red Room 2 was written by Yamanouchi. The movie's principal cast was as follows: Miyuki Katô, Yûka Takahashi, Yûken Yoshida, Yukio Kokago, and Salmon Sakeyama (see above).
As was previously reported here and there on ScreenAnarchy, Yamanouchi's Red Room (Akai misshitsu (heya): kindan no ôsama gêmu) was released on DVD (ADE-0605; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) in Japan on December 22nd of last year, his Dead A Go! Go! (Deddo a gô! gô!) was released on DVD (ADE-0584; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) there on November 24th, his Kyoko vs. Yuki (Saikyô joshikôsê densetsu: Kyôko vs Yuki ["joshikôsê" = joshikôsei]) was released on DVD (ADE-0569; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) there on October 21st, and his Blood Sisters (Senketsu no kizuna: kichiku reipuhan o shinkan saseta shimai) - a.k.a. "Sisters of Blood" - was released on DVD (ADE-0564; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) there on September 23rd; Ace Deuce Entertainment also distributed all four of those releases. Unearthed Films officially announced back in March of last year that it will be releasing Blood Sisters, Red Room, and Red Room 2 on DVD in the U.S. some time in the future.
Those who are interested in Girl Hell 1999 and Red Room 2 may also wish to read the ScreenAnarchy articles on Takaaki Hashiguchi's Kuchisake, Masanori Inoue's Shion (Shion - hibi), Takao Nakano's Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy (Kiseichû: kirâ pusshî), and Seiji Yamada's The Naked and the Living Dead (Shin kaidan zangyaku hidô: onna keiji to ratai kaibôki) - a.k.a. "Yôki kaidan zenshû: bangai-hen: onna keiji to ratai kaibôki".
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Red Room 2 DVD case art - front (264 KB JPEG)
Daisuke Yamanouchi .com
Shion trailer (downloadable 0.9 MB RealMedia file)
Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy trailer (downloadable 4.1 MB WMV file)
The Naked and the Living Dead trailer (downloadable 11.4 MB MPEG file)