Author: Jenna Ng, School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of York - Academia.edu, ResearchGate

Abstracts:
- »Jenna Ng’s chapter looks at the Japanese film Freeze Me, a unique intervention into the rape-revenge genre because of its nuanced critique of the social structures which perpetuate rape culture in a “still-traditional East Asian society.” The film demonstrates how rape is often not only a physical violation, but also a violation of one’s privacy, personal space, and domesticity. This multiple violation demonstrates how harmful the stigma of rape can be to survivors, a particularly potent insight in the contemporary post-#MeToo moment.« (Source: Stephanie Patrick and Mythili Rajiva. »Introduction.« The Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media: Turning to the Margins. Edited by Stephanie Patrick et al. Cham 2022: 17)

- »This chapter presents an alternative reading of rape in the Japanese film, Freeze Me. Freeze Me initially appears to be a typical rape-revenge film with graphic sex and violence: when a young female office clerk, Chihiro, is attacked in her apartment by three men who had raped her 5 years earlier, she fights back and kills them.
However, the author reads Chihiro’s rape on different terms. Namely, the author constructs its violence as stemming from not only male sexual attacks on the female body, but also social apathy and institutional failure. Rape-revenge in Freeze Me thus exposes the oppressive social and cultural expectations for women in a still-traditional East Asian society. In turn, this discussion pays timely attention to the discourse of rape in intersectional experience. It also spotlights the consideration of women and their social roles in Japanese cinema. Together, they reflect where rape and its violence truly lie.« (Source: SpringerLink)

Contents:

	10.1 Introduction (p. 179)
	10.2 Understanding Rape Through Rape-Revenge Films (p. 180)
	10.3 Japanese Cinema: Rape, Revenge and Their Discourse (p. 183)
	10.4 Freeze Me as a Rape-Revenge Film (p. 187)
	0.5 Re-reading Rape-Revenge in Freeze Me (1): The Film’s Rape-Revenge Structure (p. 189)
	10.6 Re-reading Rape-Revenge in Freeze Me (2): The Film’s Representation of Sexual Violence (p. 190)
	10.7 Conclusion (p. 196)
	References (p. 198)

Wikipedia: History of Asia: History of Japan | Film: Rape and revenge / Freeze Me | Film: Films about rape / Films about gang rape | Sex and the law: Rape / Gang rape, Rape in Japan