Agony of the Shadow Beast

A young virgin is seduced by her boyfriend outdoors, but their encounter is violently interrupted by a creepy guy who attacks them. The boyfriend runs away, and she is violated. Disoriented, she staggers into the road, where she is saved by the charismatic C Bronson and his chauffeur. When the woman wakes up, she finds herself naked and locked away by Bronson, who is running an illegal brothel.

In his mansion, naked women dance frenetically to jazz-rock as men look on and select their companions. Gradually, Bronson manipulates the young woman into becoming one of his prostitutes. In a cruel twist, her ex-boyfriend eventually resurfaces at the brothel, and gets thoroughly humiliated.

“Swedish Sin” was an international concept and Sweden could not make enough films to satisfy the Japanese market. So, the Japanese company Nikkatsu flew in a team to Sweden in 1971-1973 and made six films with the tag line “Sweden Poruno”, all Japanese fantasies about Swedish Sin, acted out by Swedish actors.

Klubb Super 8’s Blu-ray release of Nikkatsu’s newly restored Sweden Poruno films marks the first time these films have ever been made available outside of Japan.