Saturday, July 1, 2017

Tokyo Grand Guignol (Werewolf Transformation)

This is a treat. My thanks to Markus for putting in the time and effort (and money) to track down Tokyo Grand Guignol, a French-made anthology of short films set in Tokyo. The final story, "Good Boy," was prominently featured in the film's trailer and quickly achieved notoriety for a scene involving a werewolf penis. That's right, werewolf penis. Have I got your attention? Well, now we have the complete scene.

Quick synopsis: a lowlife defaces a statue of Hachikō, Japan's most loyal dog, and is punished by being transformed into a sort of dog--or more accurately, a werewolf in S&M gear--who learns to be the loyal pet of a prostitute. In the video below, I've bracketed the transformation with an earlier scene (so you can see the character's human face) and some footage from later on:


In case you wanted to see more of the scene with the you-know-what, Markus has made a video with slow-motion in exactly the right place:



I am 99.99%  sure that Tokyo Grand Guignol is the first movie to seriously show a werewolf's penis transform. Sure, Wolf Cop had a superficially similar scene, but it was played for laughs and the anatomy was neither human nor canine. Tokyo Grand Guignol realistically depicts a human penis shifting into a canine sheath, topped with a pointed tip. For obvious reasons filmmakers have shied away from showing a werewolf's genitals change, but this is unfortunate because even from a non-prurient, non-sexual standpoint the shift from a human to canine phallus is visually interesting, since the two are so different. So hats off to the gutsy folks behind Tokyo Grand Guignol, and let's hope more independent filmmakers follow their example. And please join me in thanking Markus for finding this elusive film and making it available to TF fans with adventurous tastes.

13 comments:

Mike said...

Wow what a lovely find! Thanks Markus! I too hope in the future werewolf tf's in movies/tv will show "that" part of the tf more.

Apuleius said...

Mike, I agree with every word of your comment!

Anonymous said...

Hi,

Markus here :) You're very welcome. Enjoy this rare piece of decent werewolf transformation!

Anonymous said...

This is an amazing clip. Does the character ever revert? Either on or off screen? :D

Apuleius said...

Thanks again Markus!

To anonymous: the character does not revert on or offscreen. It would have been nice to see that, but there wasn't enough time, since this story was one of four in the movie. Perhaps if the story was expanded into a feature film of its own...

Anonymous said...

ordered this movie on bluray in Austria. Hope it will arrive soon to be in time for the September update of TFDimension

Dutch_bull :3

Apuleius said...

I'm looking forward to that update! I hope the shipping fees from Austria to the Netherlands were reasonable.

Anonymous said...

it wasn't cheap but it is worth the money and almost a miracle to actually get an example of it since it has been released in limited numbers. Word is that I get the bluray halfway this month, so it well in time before the scheduled September update. :3

Dutch_Bull

Dragoniade said...

It's just too bad they had to tease us with a Godzilla transformation at the very end...
THAT would have been awesome.

Dragoniade

Apuleius said...

Indeed! But the werewolf part was pretty unusual and awesome--as you mention on your site (and congratulations on the update), this is a rare 'anatomically correct' TF that isn't hentai or porn (or comedy, as in Wolf Cop). I'm hoping filmmakers will be inspired by its example!

Nicolas Alberny said...

Hello, I'm Nicolas Alberny, the director of this scene.
I am surprised and flattered to see an article talking about this phallic transformation.
Thank you guys for noticing that we are seeing such a scene for the first time (I saw wolf cop after reading your text)
To tell the truth, I didn't have enough money to do a whole body transformation … so I wanted to target the less common body part in the movies.
This scene exists because of the low budget.

Apuleius said...

Mr. Alberny, thank you so much for your comment! You did a wonderful job with that scene and the film. What's onscreen looks better and has far more imagination than almost all of the transformation scenes from big budget films. I hope your ingenuity and skill will receive the acclaim they richly deserve.

Anonymous said...

Dat pen## tf was lmao.