After witnessing the murder of her father, a girl grows up to be a gambler bent on finding his killers. She finally gets a chance to fulfill her vow while carrying out a dead dealers last request. She runs into foreign spies, anarchists and politically influencing industrialists during her quest.With lack of a better term, this is "Pop art porn". Visually stimulating and stunning trash that lifts itself out of the sea of exploitation and comes as a movie unto itself. One of the best standouts of the "sukeban" (Delenquency) sub genre. With superb camera work, story keeping you riveted and excellent acting from Reiko Ike and Christina Lindberg, this film is able to keep the interest of anyone who watches it. All brought to you by Norifumi "School of The Holy Beast" Suzuki. The man's "over the top" attitude is all over this piece.
While this film has the effect of a neiman marcus cookie on top of chocolate ice cream, smothered with caramel and chocolate, it might turn off some people with it's long sequences of nudity, rape and bondage sequences. There are periodical inconsistencies as well (there were panties during the Meiji era?), but I doubt you'll be focusing on any of that while watching the picture.
This DVD...wow! That's what I can say right now. Visuals and audio is stunning. Colors are bright. Sound is clear. The extras are awesome. You get a trailer, bios of the more important stars, an essay on the "Pinky violence" sub genre done by researcher Chris D. Chris also did a commentary track for the movie which I am kicking myself for because I totally missed it and forgot to listen to. I think even the general movie fan needs to pick this up for their collection. A must have to own and to watch.
Oh! Almost forgot! It comes with it's own sticker in the shape of Ms. Ike as well!! Cool!!
Three and a half stars.
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