Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group – Discotek Media (Blu-ray)

Theatrical Release Date: Japan, 1973
Director: Masahiro Shimura
Writers: Masahiro Shimura, Norifumi Suzuki
Cast: Reiko Ike, Yûko Kanô, Hiroshi Nawa, Jun Aida, Makoto Aikawa, Mike Danning, Ryôko Ema, Tatsuo Endô

Release Date: July 29th, 2025
Approximate Running Time: 87 Minutes 4 Seconds
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive / MPEG-4 AVC
Rating: NR
Sound: LPCM Mono Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region Coding: Region A
Retail Price: $24.95

"Anyone who roams the halls of St. Ai Girls’ Academy knows that Takako Nonaka (Reiko Ike) is the big girl on campus. She has looks, money, and more importantly, is the Crimson Rose Society’s new boss. But when an international conspiracy tears her perfect life asunder, Takako finds herself thrown out with the dregs of this prestigious academy. Hellbent on revenge, the fallen delinquent forms a new gang—the Raptors—and sets out to beat those responsible to a bloody pulp." - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 3.75/5

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group comes on a 25 GB single layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 18 GB

Feature: 17.3 GB

No information is provided about the source used for this transfer. That said, the source is in good shape, and any source debris is minimal. Flesh tones and colors look correct, the image looks crisp, black levels are strong, and there are no issues with compression.

Audio: 4/5

This release comes with one audio option, a LPCM mono mix in Japanese, and included with this release are removable English subtitles. The audio sounds clean, clear, and balanced. Range-wise, things sound very good.

Extras:

Extras for this release include a theatrical trailer (3 minutes 5 seconds, Dolby Digital mono Japanese with removable English subtitles) and a slipcover.

Summary:

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group was directed by Masahiro Shimura; he only directed one other film, Terrifying Girls’ High School Animal Classmates.

Students at a prestigious all-girl school push back against the administration when they take the side of a drug syndicate that murdered the father of one of the girls.

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group is the third film in a series of films. The other three films are Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom, Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom, and Terrifying Girls’ High School Animal Classmates. Norifumi Suzuki directed the first two films in this series, and all four films starred Reiko Ike.

Classism is front and center in Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group, where most of the girls come from affluent families; there is one classroom made up of girls from broken homes. Overseeing the girls behavior is a disciplinary group called the Crimson Rose Society, who use intimidation and brute force against rule breakers. Things come to a head when the classroom of delinquent girls forms a group called The Raptors, and the Crimson Rose Society becomes determined to destroy them.

Reiko Ike (Sex and Fury) portrays Takako, the newly elected leader of the Crimson Rose Society. After her father's death, her life is turned upside down, and now she is impoverished, forcing her to lose her spot in the Crimson Rose Society. While she is often associated with playing bad girl roles, she starts off in Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group as a good girl before ultimately evolving into a more recognizable character. Another performance of note is Ryôko Ema, who portrays Kinue, the sadistic daughter of the PTA’s chairman. Like Reiko Ike, Ryôko Ema appeared in all four Terrifying Girls' High School films.

Despite featuring a significant amount of violence and elements typical of Pinky Violence, Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group has a dramatically different tone than its predecessor, Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom. The most notable difference is how much time Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group devotes to exposition and character development when compared to the two films that precede it.

The well-constructed narrative has a lot of moving parts; it does a superb job blending everything and building to a cathartic, bittersweet finale that serves as a perfect coda. Where most of the violence in its predecessors is limited to fighting, this time around it leans heavily towards assaulting women. That said, though Masahiro Shimura’s direction is solid, it lacks the flair that someone like Norifumi Suzuki would bring to a film. Ultimately, there are far superior examples of Pinky Violence cinema than Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group, especially for those who are new to this genre of films.

Although it is great that a film like Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group is getting an English-friendly release, the lack of extras is a disappointment since most boutique labels releasing Asian cinema come with extras that provide insight about these films. Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group is another barebones release from Discotek Media that comes with a strong audio/video presentation.

Written by Michael Den Boer