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Re: Classic Japanese Exploitation (pinky violence & pink)

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A couple of Reiko Oshida stills and photos!

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March 10, 2020 EDIT

I finally did what I should’ve done more than a decade ago. I split the Classic Japanese Exploitation (pinky violence & pink) thread in two.

1. Toei Pinky Violence thread:
- Toei Pinky Violence + Toei Porno + comparable big studio (non-porno studio) productions by Toho (e.g. Rica), Daiei (e.g. Decapitation Island) etc.

2: Nikkatsu Roman Porno + Pink thread:
- Nikkatsu Roman Porno + Pink Films e.g. Shintoho, Wakamatsu, independents

It’s still work in progress. Some posts may be in the wrong thread.

Don’t stress too much about the split. If you don’t know which thread to post in, just pick one that feels more suitable. The main idea was the separate Toei’s Pinky Violence and Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno, and the rest shall go in whichever feels more suitable (the Toei thread for the more mainstream type of films with eros flavour, the Nikkatsu thread for the more genuine pink / sleaze type of films).

We also have the Japanese Cult Cinema thread to cover films that don’t have the pinky violence / girl gang / pink / eros emphasis (anything from yakuza to karate to samurai fits there).
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Re: The Toei Pinky Violence thread

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HungFist wrote: 27 Aug 2018, 14:41 Hot Springs Geisha 2 (温泉ポン引女中) (1969)
The first Hot Springs Geisha (1968) film, a harmless sex comedy and one of Teruo Ishii's dullest efforts, only managed to sneak in one or two brief topless shots. This sequel does more in the opening credits scene alone. It's a skin flick in and out, but thankfully one with an enjoyably laidback swing, drenched in 60s aesthetics, and without too many boring bits. And just when you're about to get a bit tired of it, it throws in a bizarre nude party scene with Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dancers! And then there's a super violent shocker final reel that makes you wonder if the filmmakers decided they should've gone the Joy of Torture (1968) route instead. Though unjustified quality wise, you can't quite help but to see the Beneath the Valley of the Dolls (1970) parallels. This is as good if not better than the two Norifumi Suzuki directed instalments (parts 4 and 5).
Guro Taku wrote: 29 Feb 2020, 10:43 Hot Springs Pimp Geisha (温泉ポン引女中) (Japan, 1969) [DVD] - 4/5
This may be my new favorite entry in this 7 film series but that's pending a rewatch of my previous favorite, Norifumi Suzuki's Hot Springs Soft-Shell Turtle Geisha (温泉スッポン芸者, 1972). If it ends up in second place, it'll be a very close second, though. The film follows the typical structure of Toei exploitation by starting with a bang - an explosion of TITS in this case! - and then winding down for some exposition and drama for an hour before the grand, excessive finale. It's really amazing how this film was preceded and followed by absolute borefests when it's so deliriously insane. The aforementioned excessive finale starts with an orgy the rivalling geisha house throws for wealthy elites and which is all about erotic-grotesque shenenigans in Argento-esque lighting and women having sex with dogs. When that is over and you figure that must have been it, the bad guys steer a motorboat into the "enemy" geisha's HQ and gut them with the outboard motor. Director Misao Arai previously worked the same year as assistant director to Teruo Ishii on Orgies of Edo (残酷異常虐待物語 元禄女系図, 1969) and it really, really shows.
(same film, two titles)

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Re: The Toei Pinky Violence thread

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A few words about one of my favourite Pinky Violence movies, Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (前科おんな 殺し節) (1973), or to be more precise, its theatrical poster. I've included part of the explanation as a screenshot since the forum doesn’t support furigana.

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There is a rather outrageous grammar play in evidence here. As you know, the Japanese language is written using mainly kanji characters, which are a pain in the ass to learn because there are thousands of them. That’s why it was commonplace in old movie posters to give a furigana (an easy reading in simple characters) in small font above any difficult kanji. Sometimes, however, the filmmakers got sneaky and gave unorthodox furigana readings to common kanji words. In this film poster, it says “Those bastards”! However, the furigana given for the common kanji word “bastard” is actually “men”. So they literally spelled “men” as “bastards”! Pretty awesome!

The 2nd thing I wanted to point out is that the poster actually advertises this as the 1st film in a new series. Of course, no sequels ever followed. It may have been that the timing was just too late: the film came out Oct. 27, 1973, when the Girl Gang genre had already passed its peak. In 1974 Karate films would begin to replace Girl Gang movies as the B-features for Yakuza films in double bills.

Also related... I brought up Shigeru Okada and Kanji Amao as the Godfathers of Pinky Violence in the other thread, but I think there’s another producer duo that has been criminally neglected: Kineo Yoshimine (吉峰甲子夫) and Kenji Takamura (高村賢治).

Yoshimine was the producer on The Delinquent Girl Boss series (ずべ公番長), the Wandering Ginza Butterfly series (銀蝶渡り鳥), the Female Prisoner Scorpion series (女囚さそり), Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (前科おんな 殺し節), Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (0課の女 赤い手錠) and later in the karate era the Sister Street Fighter series (女必殺拳), The Great Chase (華麗なる追跡) and Dragon Princess (必殺女拳士). Takamura served as co-producer in most of them

Unfortunately little to none has been written about these two men. But looking at their filmography, I think it’s Yoshimine and Takamura (alongside Norifumi Suzuki) who brought the feminist push into Pinky Violence much more than Lustful Okada or Porno Amao.

Stills from Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (前科おんな 殺し節) (1973), produced by Yoshimine and Takamura.

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Teruo Ishii's SHOGUN'S JOY OF TORTURE is getting a BD/DVD release in Germany next month. Uncut but without subtitles of any kind, which is weird because I recall VHS and DVD releases by the same label having optional English, Dutch and German subtitles. BD world premiere, though, and one of the 4 cover variants is the original poster artwork. And all that for the low, low price of 39.99€! :lol: Seriously, Japanese releases are starting to look cheap in comparison to this nonsense.

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Should be coming from Arrow, as well. There hasn't been an official announcement, but the commentary on Inferno of Torture supposedly makes a reference to Joy as an Arrow release, and Jasper Sharp was looking for original Joy promotional materials maybe 6 months ago as well.
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That'd make sense, though I am curious how the BBFC will react to JOY OF TORTURE. It's a bit nastier than what they've so far passed uncut. For the record, Shock also put out YAKUZA'S LAW and INFERNO OF TORTURE in Germany in recent months. Both also without any subtitles, so with the Arrow releases already out there, they're not even worth mentioning unless anybody's a huge fan of German dubs.
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Re: The Toei Pinky Violence thread

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HungFist wrote: 16 Oct 2020, 19:05Should be coming from Arrow, as well.
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Re: The Toei Pinky Violence thread

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HungFist wrote: 19 Jan 2007, 20:03 March 10, 2020 EDIT

I finally did what I should’ve done more than a decade ago. I split this thread in two.

1. Toei Pinky Violence thread:
- Toei Pinky Violence + Toei Porno + comparable big studio (non-porno studio) productions by Toho (e.g. Rica), Daiei (e.g. Decapitation Island) etc.

2: Nikkatsu Roman Porno + Pink thread:
- Nikkatsu Roman Porno + Pink Films e.g. Shintoho, Wakamatsu, independents

It’s still work in progress. Some posts may be in the wrong thread.

Don’t stress too much about the split. If you don’t know which thread to post in, just pick one that feels more suitable. The main idea was the separate Toei’s Pinky Violence and Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno, and the rest shall go in whichever feels more suitable (the Toei thread for the more mainstream type of films with eros flavour, the Nikkatsu thread for the more genuine pink / sleaze type of films).

We also have the Japanese Cult Cinema thread to cover films that don’t have the pinky violence / girl gang / pink / eros emphasis (anything from yakuza to karate to samurai fits there).

End of March 10, 2020 EDIT

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This is a little free time project that originally begun when I couldn’t keep track of what’s been released. There’s three lists. The first list is Toei’s pinky violence and pinku eiga. Due to the limited availability on dvd, I’m aiming at a perfect list (edit: each film is now roughly labeled as either "action" or "drama", to separate pinky violence from pink dramas. All films where action or violence play seminal role are labeled as "action", with all others being "drama").

The second list is Nikkatsu’s pinku, and only includes the english subtitled dvds (update: now out of date), plus selected R2J release.

The last list is similarly themed films from other studios. It only includes a couple of personal picks.

Any help (personal ratings, links, additions to the list) is welcome. Note that all my ratings and reviews are my personal opinions, and especially in case of Nikkatsu's films don't always match with opinions of the majority, or even genre fans.

Toei titles available with english subtitles

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (Zenka onna: koroshi-bushi) (1973)
- director: Atsushi Mihori
- review: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Panik House (Pinky Violence Box set)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: Reiko Ike wears incredibly stylish clothes in this film
- sub-genre: crime, action

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (Zubeko bancho: yume wa yoru hiraku) (1970)
- director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- review: dvd reviews
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- availability: R1 Exploitation Digital, R2J Toei (August 2008)
- notes: first film in the series. Also knows as ”Tokyo Bad Girls”
- sub-genre: girl gang, drama, action

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess (Zubeko bancho: zange no neuchi mo nai) (1971)
- director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- review: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Panik House (Pinky Violence Box set), R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: fourth film in the series. Also knows as ”Delinquent Girl Boss: Unworthy of Penance”
- sub-genre: girl gang, drama, action

Female Demon Ohyaku (Yôen dokufu den: hannya no ohyaku) (1968)
- director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
- review: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Synapse
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: proto-pinky violence.
- sub-genre: chambara, revenge, action

Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (Joshuu 701-go: Sasori) (1972)
- director: Shunya Ito
- review: dvd comparison, film review and dvd comparison 2,
Simulation de rachat de créditdvd comparison 3, more reviews
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 FR HK Video (Femmes Fatales box set), R2 FR Pathe (Sasori box set) (September 2007), R2 DE R.E.M, R2 UK Eureka, R1 US Media Blasters
- forum ratings: HungFist – 4/5
- notes: features the theme song ’Urami bushi’ by Meiko Kaji, also heard in Kill Bill, original poster
- dvd notes: Media Blasters and R.E.M (probably a conversion) and Eureka (conversion again) appear to be Toei ports.
- sub-genre: women in prison, surrealism, action

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bo) (1972)
- director: Shunya Ito
- reviews: dvd comparison, dvd comparison 2, more reviews
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 FR Studio Canal, R2 FR Pathe (Sasori box set) (September 2007), R2 DE R.E.M, R2 UK Eureka, R1 US Image (OOP)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4,5/5
- notes: also known as Female Convict Scorpion Jailhouse 41, original poster
- dvd notes: Eureka is a port of R1 Image (but a conversion). Crap transfer. R.E.M is likely to be a port (and a conversion) of the Toei release.
- sub-genre: women in prison, surrealism, action

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya) (1973)
- director: Shunya Ito
- reviews: dvd comparison, dvd reviews
- availability: R2J Toei, R1 US Media Blasters, R2 FR Pathe (Sasori box set), R2 DE R.E.M (Sasori Box Set), R2 UK Eureka
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: last film in the series directed by Ito, original poster
- dvd notes: R1 was said to be improved over the R2J transfer, but this is unconfirmed information and may not be true. MB dvd are usually ports.
- sub-genre: women in prison, surrealism, drama, action

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Grudge Song (Joshuu sasori: 701-go urami-bushi) (1973)
- director: Yasuharu Hasebe
- reviews: dvd comparison, dvd reviews
- availability: R2J Toei, R1 US Media Blasters, R2 FR Pathe (Sasori box set), R2 DE R.E.M (Sasori Box Set)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: original poster, more Sasori films were made later without Meiko Kaji. Joe Ma’s ”HK Sasori” will hit the theaters later this year.
- dvd notes: Media Blasters is likely to be a Toei port.
- sub-genre: women in prison, surrealism, drama, crime, action

Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition & Torture (Yasagure anego den: sokatsu rinchi) (1973)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- review: dvd review, more dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Panik House. R2 UK Fabulous, R4 AU Shock
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: sequel to Sex And Fury. Also know as ’Story of a Wild Elder Sister: Widespread Lynch Law’
- sub-genre: yakuza, action

Girl Boss Guerilla (Sukeban gerira) (1972)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- review: dvd reviews, more reviews
- availability: R1 US Panik House (Pinky Violence Box set + stand alone release)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: third film in the Sukeban series, original poster 1, original poster 2
- sub-genre: girl gang, biker, action, comedy

Girl Boss Revenge (Sukeban) (1973)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R1 Exploitation Digital (February 2008)
- Review: dvd reviews
- forum ratings: HungFist - 4/5
- notes: fourth film in the Sukeban series
- sub-genre: girl gang, action

Horror of the Malformed Men (Edogawa ranpo taizen: Kyofu kikei ningen) (1969)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- availability: R1 Synapse (August 2007)
- review: dvd reviews
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- sub-genre: horror, violence

Inferno of Torture (Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku) (1969)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- review: my review in this thread
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 NL Japan Shock, R2 DE X-Rated, R2 FR HK Video (Femmes Criminelles Vol.1)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: also known as ’Hell's Tattooers’
- IMPORTANT: the IMDB page features links and comments for wrong film (the sequel / Shogun’s Sadism). These films differ like day and night. This is not the disturbing ”hard core torture film” that many of those comments talk about
- sub-genre: torture (soft), tattoo, drama, violence

Joy of Torture, The (Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi) (1968)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- review: dvd review, dvd comparison, more dvd reviews
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 NL Japan Shock, R2 FR HK Video (Ishii Box Vol. 2)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3,5/5
- notes: Also known as ’Tokugawa Onna Keigokushi’, ’Shogun’s Joy of Torture’ and ’The Punishment of the Tokugawa Women’.
- sub-genre: torture (soft), tattoo, nunsploitation, drama, episode, violence

Okatsu the Fugitive (Yoen dokufuden: Okatsu kyojo tabi) (1969)
- director: Nobuo Nakagawa
- review: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Synapse
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- sub-genre: chambara, revenge, action

Porno Jidaigeki – Bohachi Bushido (1973)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- review: film review
- availability: R2J Toei, R1 Discotek (March 2008???)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4,5/5
- notes: Also known as Bohachi: Clan of the forgotten Eight
- sub-genre: chambara, action

Quick Draw Okatsu (Yoen dokufuden: Hitokiri okatsu) (1969)
- director: Nobuo Nakagawa
- review: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Synapse
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4,5/5
- sub-genre: chambara, revenge, action

School of the Holy Beast (Seiju gakuen) (1974)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- review: dvd comparison, dvd reviews
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 FR Studio Canal, R1 Cult Epics
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: also known as ’Convent of the Sacred Beast’
- dvd notes: R1 is a R2J port but with lower bit rate. It has a blue tint which is apparently intentional. French dvd does not feature the blue tint. original poster
- sub-genre: nunsploitation, violence

Sex & Fury (Furyo anego den: Inoshika Ocho) (1973)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- review: dvd review, more dvd reviews
- availability: R1 US Panik House, R2 UK Fabulous, R2J Toei, R4 Shock, R2 Nordic AWE / Studio S, R3 HK IVL
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4,5/5
- notes: also knows as ’Anego den’ and ’Elder Sister: Ocho Inoshika’
- sub-genre: yakuza, action, swordplay

Shogun’s Sadism (Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei) (1976)
- director: Yuuji Makiguchi
- review: dvd reviews
- availability: R2 NL Japan Shock
- forum ratings: HungFist: 2/5
- notes: semi sequel to The Joy of Torture. Also know as The Joy of Torture 2: Oxen Split Torturing.
- sub-genre: torture (hard), terror, violence

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (Kyofu joshikoko: boko rinchi kyoshitsu) (1973)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- review: dvd reviews, more reviews
- availability: R1 US Panik House (Pinky Violence Box set + stand alone release)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: second film in the series, original poster
- sub-genre: girl gang, high school, violence, action

Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
- director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- reviews: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 Synapse
- forum ratings: HungFist - 4/5
- sub-genre: yakuza, action

Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She Cat Gambler (1972)
- director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- reviews: dvd reviews
- availability: R1 Synapse
- forum ratings: HungFist - 4/5
- sub-genre: yakuza, action, comedy

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa) (1974)
- director: Yukio Noda
- review: film review and dvd comparison, dvd reviews
- availability: R2 FR HK Video (Femmes Fatales box set), R2 NL Japan Shock, R1 US Discotek
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: Not to be confused with the 90’s / 2000’s straight to video crap. This original film has nothing to do with them and has no actual sequels. original poster, original poster 2
- sub-genre: crime, action, violence


Toei titles not available with english subtitles

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters (Zubekô banchô: Tôkyô nagaremono) (1970)
- director: Kuzuhiko Yamaguchi
- availability: R2J Toei (August 2008)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: second film in the Delinquent Girl Boss series
- sub-genre: girl gang, action

Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods (Zubekô banchô: Hamagure kazoe uta) (1971)
- director: Kuzuhiko Yamaguchi
- availability: R2J Toei (August 2008)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- notes: third film in the Delinquent Girl Boss series
- sub-genre: girl gang, biker, action

Dolls of the Shogun's Harem (Ooku jyuhakkei) (1986)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R2J Toei (June 21, 2007)
- review: IMDB user comments
- forum ratings: HungFist: 2,5/5
- sub-genre: period drama with a bit of action and violence

Ijo seai kiroku, harenchi (1969)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- availability: Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 2,5/5
- sub-genre: drama, psycho-thriller, a bit of violence too

Journey to Japan (Poruno no joô: Nippon sex ryokô) (1973)
- director: Sadao Nakajima
- availability: R2 Nordic AWE/Studio S
- forum ratings: HungFist - 2/5
- notes: stars Christina Lindberg
- sub-genre: drama

Love & Crime (Menji, taisho, showa ryoki onna hanzaishi) (1969)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 FR HK Video (Ishii Box Vol. 2)
- notes: cdjapan title: ’ Meiji Taisho Showa Ryoki Onna Hanzaishi’
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3,5/5
- sub-genre: drama, horror, crime, episode, violence

Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses (Ero Shogun to Nijuichi-nin no Aisho) (1972)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3,5/5
- notes: Reiko Ike as ninja!
- sub-genre: period drama, comedy, a little bit of action also

Mantis Wife’s Confession (Satsuki Midori no Kamakiri Fujin no Kokuhaku) (1975)
- director: Yuuji Makiguchi
- availability: R2J Toei
- Forum ratings: HungFist: 1/5
- notes: aka Mantis Lady’s Confession
- sub-genre: drama, comedy

Modern Porno Tale: Inherited Sex Mania (1971) (Gendai porno-den: senten-sei inpu)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 2/5
- availability: R2J Toei
- sub-genre: drama, comedy

New Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 (Shin joshuu sasori: 701-go) (1976)
- director: Yukata Kohira
- availability: R2 FR Pathe (Scorpion box set)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3,5/5
- notes: The 1st New Sasori film, stars Yumi Takigawa
- sub-genre: women in prison, surrealism, action, violence

New Female Prisoner Scorpion: Tokushu-bo X (Shin joshuu sasori: Tokushu-bo X) (1977)
- director: Yukata Kohira
- availability: R2 FR Pathe (Scorpion box set)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: 2nd New Sasori, and final 70's Sasori film, stars Yoko Natsuki
- sub-genre: women in prison, surrealism, action, violence

Ooku ukiyoburo (1976)
- director: Ikuo Sekimoto
- availability: R2J Toei (cut)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 2/5
- sub-genre: drama, comedy

Orgies of Edo (Zankoku ijô gyakutai monogatari: Genroku onna keizu) (1969)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- review: dvd review
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 FR HK Video (Femmes Criminelles Vol.1)
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: FR title: Orgies sadiques l’ere Edo
- sub-genre: period drama, torture, violence

Story of a Nymphomaniac (Koshoku: Genroku (maruhi) monogatari) (1975)
- director: Ikuo Sekimoto
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 1/5
- notes: aka Lewd Genroku: Secret Story
- sub-genre: drama, comedy

Sukeban Blues: Queen Bee’s Counter Attack (Sukeban Blues: Mesubachi no gyakushu) (1971)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R2J Toei
- notes: first film in the Sukeban series
- forum ratings: HungFist: 4/5
- sub-genre: action, girl gang, action

Sukeban Blues: Queen Bee’s Challenge (Sukeban Blues: Mesubachi no chosen) (1972)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: second film in the Sukeban series
- sub-genre: action, girl gang, torture

Sukeban: Escape From Reform School (Sukeban: Kankai dasso) (1973)
- director: Sadao Nakajima
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: fifth film in the Sukeban series
- sub-genre: action, girl gang

Sukeban: Diamond Showdown (Sukeban:Taiman shobu) (1973)
- director: Ikuo Sekimoto
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: sixth film in the Sukeban series
- sub-genre: action, girl gang

Sukeban: Crazy Ball Game (Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi) (1973)
- director: Ikuo Sekimoto
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: seventh (final) film in the Sukeban series
- sub-genre: action, girl gang

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom (Kyofu joshikôkô: Boryuku kyoshitsu) (1972)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- availability: R2J Toei
- forum ratings: HungFist - 3,5/5
- notes: the 1st film in the series
- sub-genre: action, high school

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group (Kyofu joshikôkô: Furyo monzetsu guruupu) (1973)
- director: Masahiro Shimura
- availability: R2J Toei (August 2009)
- forum ratings: HungFist - 2,5/5
- notes: the 3rd film in the series
- sub-genre: action, high school

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage (Kyofu joshikôkô: Animaru Dokyosei) (1973)
- director: Masahiro Shimura
- availability: R2J Toei (August 2009)
- forum ratings: HungFist - 2/5
- notes: the 4th (final) film in the series
- sub-genre: action, high school

Tokugawa onna keizu (1968)
- director: Teruo Ishii
- review: dvd review
- availability: R2J Toei, R2 FR HK Video (Femmes Criminelles Vol.1), R2 DE Eyecatcher
- forum ratings: HungFist: 3/5
- notes: early pinky violence, light on both elements
- sub-genre: period drama, comedy

Tokugawa Sex Ban: Lustful Lord (Tokugawa sekkusu kinshi-rei: shikijô daimyô) (1972)
- director: Norifumi Suzuki
- forum ratings: HungFist: 2/5
- availability: R2J Toei
- sub-genre: period drama, comedy

Virgin Breaker Yuki (Tamawari nin Yuki) (1975)
- director: Yuuji Makiguchi
- availability: R2J Toei
- sub-genre: period drama

Virgin Breaker Yuki 2 (Tamawari nin Yuki: Nishi no kuruwa yuzuki ro) (1976)
- director: Yuuji Makiguchi
- availability: R2J Toei
- sub-genre: period drama
Est-ce que Virgin Breaker est toujours disponible même actuellement?
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Severine27 wrote: 21 Apr 2021, 21:48
HungFist wrote: 19 Jan 2007, 20:03 March 10, 2020 EDIT


Virgin Breaker Yuki (Tamawari nin Yuki) (1975)
- director: Yuuji Makiguchi
- availability: R2J Toei
- sub-genre: period drama

Virgin Breaker Yuki 2 (Tamawari nin Yuki: Nishi no kuruwa yuzuki ro) (1976)
- director: Yuuji Makiguchi
- availability: R2J Toei
- sub-genre: period drama
Est-ce que Virgin Breaker est toujours disponible même actuellement?
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E6%BD%A4 ... 590&sr=8-2

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E6%BD%A4 ... 590&sr=8-4
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Not Pinky Violence but Toei, so here goes:

Harry and His Geisha Girls (生贄の女たち) (1978)
The film that brought Harry Reems to Japan! The titular character arrives in Japan to have his peanut sized willy replaced with a more respectable member, as persuaded by his lovelorn Japanese wife. The medical operation is successful, but there are side effects, namely, a personality change (now there's an interesting research topic for some curious academic). This is a bizarre, but surprisingly funny addition to Toei's line up of erotic films with imported leads. They first brought in Sandra Julien, Christina Lindberg and Sharon Kelly in 1971-1974 for 1-2 films each, and now, Harry with his big... moustache. It probably had something to do with Toei having distributed Deep Throat theatrically in 1973, and produced its Japanese follow-up Deep Throat in Tokyo in 1975. Anyway, here we have Harry in Japanese yukata and headband serving customers in a restaurant, running for his life from mad women, and running afoul with yakuza who want to cut off his new sausage because they believe it was formerly used for smuggling diamonds from Hong Kong. And let’s not even talk about a couple of hilarious (dick) twists the plot comes with. It’s all quite amusing, and frankly more entertaining than most Japanese erotic comedies, even by Toei. Oh, and isn’t that Osman Yusuf doing the (highly amusing) English/Japanese dubbing for Harry? No one is credited for it, but it sure sounds like him.

The film is sadly not available on disc, or even streaming. Screencaps from Toei Channel. It was actually labelled as "R15-Version" yet I couldn't spot any obvious censorship other than one bit that looked like original theatrical censorship to me. Usually "R15-Version" indicates it's been toned down from R18+ but I've had my doubts for a while now that some of these "R15-Version"s were actually uncensored (in which case it should correctly be labelled as "R15+" without the word "Version"). But I can't say for sure what was the case here.

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HungFist wrote: 06 Jan 2022, 09:00Oh, and isn’t that Osman Yusuf doing the (highly amusing) English/Japanese dubbing for Harry? No one is credited for it, but it sure sounds like him.
It's been over 10 years since I watched this film on VHS but I didn't catch that! In fact the main thing I remember from the film now (other than a plane shaped like a giant dick) is that it annoyed me that they'd dubbed Reems with someone else. I'll have to revisit it sometime.
HungFist wrote: 06 Jan 2022, 09:00This is a bizarre, but surprisingly funny addition to Toei's line up of erotic films with imported leads. They first brought in Sandra Julien, Christina Lindberg and Sharon Kelly in 1971-1974 for 1-2 films each, and now, Harry with his big... moustache.
If I had unlimited funds, time and the necessary connections, I'd totally make a documentary about this time in the 70ies when Toei imported all these exploitation stars for their local productions. Reems unfortunately already passed away in 2013 but the crazy stories everybody else must be able to tell and which will soon be forever lost...
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This is a bit old news now, but Mondo Macabro will be releasing a A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse on BD!
pnaschy/blu-ray.com wrote: NEW LIMITED EDITION ANNOUNCEMENT #3!
Third up today is one of the craziest films we’ve ever done, a real cult film in-the-making, the 70s Japanese horror/exploitation free-for-all A HAUNTED TURKISH BATHHOUSE!
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse features Nikkatsu star Naomi Tani as an abused wife sold to a brothel to cover her husband’s debts. The deceitful husband is actually behind it all, in cahoots with the brothel madame, who is his lover. Tani discovers the truth and gets tortured to death. However, the dead woman’s soul seeks vengeance from a most unusual quarter.
The film is a bizarre mixture of Japanese erotica, gangster film and “ghost cat” horror movie. All popular genres in the 1960s and 70s. It’s a heady cocktail and makes for an entertaining and unpredictable film that rocks along at a giddy pace. Director Yamaguchi is best known for his Delinquent Girl Boss and Sister Street Fighter movies as well as the Sonny Chiba film Wolf Guy.
DISC FEATURES
Region A coded US home video premiere
Japanese language track with optional English subs
82 minutes, widescreen 2.35:1, color
Brand new 2K restoration from the original negative
Brand new interview with Patrick Macias about Toei exploitation cinema in the 1970s
Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Samm Deighan
Trailer
LIMITED EDITION FEATURES
Brand new cover art by Justin Coffee; 20 page booklet by film scholar Jasper Sharp; 1200 numbered copies in the usual red case
This will go on sale Thursday, September 8th at 9 AM Pacific/12 noon Eastern/11 AM Central ONLY at mondomacabro.bigcartel.com!
- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... st20385800

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That's a really good match of film and distributor. The lack of worthwhile extras is a bummer but unfortunately to be expected.
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Coming from Discotek on Dec. 27.

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The great news is that they are also doing colour correction. For some reason many companies, including Toei themselves, no longer do that. Here in Japan I get to see a lot of these films from beautiful 35mm prints, and they are NOT green like many of the lame digital masters that really pale in comparison.
- https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/statu ... 3465041921
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HungFist wrote: 09 Oct 2022, 14:01 Coming from Discotek on Dec. 27.

The great news is that they are also doing colour correction. For some reason many companies, including Toei themselves, no longer do that. Here in Japan I get to see a lot of these films from beautiful 35mm prints, and they are NOT green like many of the lame digital masters that really pale in comparison.
- https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/statu ... 3465041921
Just put in my pre-order for this - great to hear, thank you!
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HungFist wrote: 24 Aug 2022, 08:18 This is a bit old news now, but Mondo Macabro will be releasing a A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse on BD!
pnaschy/blu-ray.com wrote: NEW LIMITED EDITION ANNOUNCEMENT #3!
Third up today is one of the craziest films we’ve ever done, a real cult film in-the-making, the 70s Japanese horror/exploitation free-for-all A HAUNTED TURKISH BATHHOUSE!
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse features Nikkatsu star Naomi Tani as an abused wife sold to a brothel to cover her husband’s debts. The deceitful husband is actually behind it all, in cahoots with the brothel madame, who is his lover. Tani discovers the truth and gets tortured to death. However, the dead woman’s soul seeks vengeance from a most unusual quarter.
The film is a bizarre mixture of Japanese erotica, gangster film and “ghost cat” horror movie. All popular genres in the 1960s and 70s. It’s a heady cocktail and makes for an entertaining and unpredictable film that rocks along at a giddy pace. Director Yamaguchi is best known for his Delinquent Girl Boss and Sister Street Fighter movies as well as the Sonny Chiba film Wolf Guy.
DISC FEATURES
Region A coded US home video premiere
Japanese language track with optional English subs
82 minutes, widescreen 2.35:1, color
Brand new 2K restoration from the original negative
Brand new interview with Patrick Macias about Toei exploitation cinema in the 1970s
Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Samm Deighan
Trailer
LIMITED EDITION FEATURES
Brand new cover art by Justin Coffee; 20 page booklet by film scholar Jasper Sharp; 1200 numbered copies in the usual red case
This will go on sale Thursday, September 8th at 9 AM Pacific/12 noon Eastern/11 AM Central ONLY at mondomacabro.bigcartel.com!
- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... st20385800

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Already sold out... anyone know an online outlet that might still have some available?
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chazgower01 wrote: 14 Oct 2022, 23:36 Already sold out... anyone know an online outlet that might still have some available?
Yeah, it sold out in less than 24 hours after pre-orders went live.

Mondo said there will be a standard edition later, but the date hasn't been announced yet.
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HungFist wrote: 24 Aug 2022, 08:18 This is a bit old news now, but Mondo Macabro will be releasing a A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse on BD!
pnaschy/blu-ray.com wrote: NEW LIMITED EDITION ANNOUNCEMENT #3!
Third up today is one of the craziest films we’ve ever done, a real cult film in-the-making, the 70s Japanese horror/exploitation free-for-all A HAUNTED TURKISH BATHHOUSE!
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse features Nikkatsu star Naomi Tani as an abused wife sold to a brothel to cover her husband’s debts. The deceitful husband is actually behind it all, in cahoots with the brothel madame, who is his lover. Tani discovers the truth and gets tortured to death. However, the dead woman’s soul seeks vengeance from a most unusual quarter.
The film is a bizarre mixture of Japanese erotica, gangster film and “ghost cat” horror movie. All popular genres in the 1960s and 70s. It’s a heady cocktail and makes for an entertaining and unpredictable film that rocks along at a giddy pace. Director Yamaguchi is best known for his Delinquent Girl Boss and Sister Street Fighter movies as well as the Sonny Chiba film Wolf Guy.
DISC FEATURES
Region A coded US home video premiere
Japanese language track with optional English subs
82 minutes, widescreen 2.35:1, color
Brand new 2K restoration from the original negative
Brand new interview with Patrick Macias about Toei exploitation cinema in the 1970s
Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Samm Deighan
Trailer
LIMITED EDITION FEATURES
Brand new cover art by Justin Coffee; 20 page booklet by film scholar Jasper Sharp; 1200 numbered copies in the usual red case
This will go on sale Thursday, September 8th at 9 AM Pacific/12 noon Eastern/11 AM Central ONLY at mondomacabro.bigcartel.com!
- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... st20385800

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A member at BD.com forum pointed out that the Mondo BD actually runs a little shorter than the Toei master that has been available until now.
- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... st20574529

I was curious about this too, so I decided to compare my Mondo Macabro BD (which arrived yesterday) to the Toei Channel TV broadcasting which I recorded a few years ago. The answer is the BD release is frame cut. Frames with damage / splice lines have been removed from the end and / or beginning of shots. This explains the roughly 40s difference in running time between the Mondo BD (1:20:37) and my TV recording (approx. 1:21:20).

Take a look at this screenshot comparison I made. Here you can see the last and first two frames in consecutive shots (call them frames 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Toei Channel (TV)

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Below you can see the same scene on Mondo BD.

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If you look carefully, those are frames 1 and 4. I can't post frames 2 and 3 (the ones with splice lines) because they are missing from the BD.

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to advocate against buying the Mondo BD. I love the disc. I just thought I should clarify what's causing the run time difference.

In other news, I enjoyed Patrick Macias' brief video extras, though I couldn't help but to notice he got fooled by IMDb. The film's Japanese title is Kaibyo toruko buro, not Bakeneko toruko furo (incorrect reading of the kanji in 怪猫トルコ風呂). I think tried to submit correction to IMDb years ago but they don't believe me.
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HungFist wrote: 15 Oct 2022, 00:25
chazgower01 wrote: 14 Oct 2022, 23:36 Already sold out... anyone know an online outlet that might still have some available?
Yeah, it sold out in less than 24 hours after pre-orders went live.

Mondo said there will be a standard edition later, but the date hasn't been announced yet.
Jan or Feb 2023
https://mondomacabro.bigcartel.com/prod ... il-edition
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HungFist wrote: 08 Dec 2022, 15:41
HungFist wrote: 15 Oct 2022, 00:25
chazgower01 wrote: 14 Oct 2022, 23:36 Already sold out... anyone know an online outlet that might still have some available?
Yeah, it sold out in less than 24 hours after pre-orders went live.

Mondo said there will be a standard edition later, but the date hasn't been announced yet.
Jan or Feb 2023
https://mondomacabro.bigcartel.com/prod ... il-edition
Thank you!
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Great to see this coming, even if it isn't nearly as good as Teruo Ishii's heavenly masterpiece Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973). My main gripe with this sequel is that it's actually a direct remake of the original, only with Goro Ibuki in Tetsuro Tamba's role and Reiko Ike as new addition. Let's just compare the opening 10 minutes of both films.

Bohachi Bushido (1979):
Bored hero gives up a fight, throws himself into a river, is thought to be dead. The hero then wakes up at Bohachi headquarters, fondled by naked bohachi women. Those women are of course trained in deadly assassination techniques...

The Villain (1974):
Bored hero gives up a fight, is arrested and taken to be executed, is thought to be dead. The hero then wakes up at Bohachi headquarters, fondled by naked bohachi women (that made more sense in Ishii's film where he had been rescued from cold water. Here he has suffered a neck injury for God's sake!). Those women are of course trained in deadly... oh dear, I could go on forever about this.

But don't let that put you off. This is still essential for any 70s Japanese genre film / pinky violence / Reiko Ike fan. I'll be buying it for sure.

Let's hope Toei will do the original film in HD soon, and also Takashi Harada and Goro Ibuki's later, superior Kazuo Koike manga adaptation Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer (下苅り半次郎 マル秘観音を探せ) (1975) which is a pretty insane ninja sexploitation adventure, though much less action packed than the Bohachi bushido films.
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I was hoping for Toei would do something big this year since November 2023 will mark 90 years since Norifumi Suzuki's birth. And oh boy, they do not disappoint!

Toei Channel just published their March program and a brand new HD master of Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counter-Attack (女番長ブルース 牝蜂の逆襲) (1971) is there. The other six films will almost certainly follow in April-September.

https://www.toeich.jp/program/1TT000003425/202303

Now we need someone to pick them up for a BD release!
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HungFist wrote: 31 Jan 2023, 15:19Great to see this coming, even if it isn't nearly as good as Teruo Ishii's heavenly masterpiece Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973). My main gripe with this sequel is that it's actually a direct remake of the original, only with Goro Ibuki in Tetsuro Tamba's role and Reiko Ike as new addition.
I still have the Toei VHS in a box somewhere and recall how excited I was to get to watch a "sequel" to Teruo Ishii's masterpiece. What I got was more like a poor quality copy, the same film apparently made again with a third of the budget, style and overall talent. I vaguely recall some interviewer once asking Ishii about the film and him saying he had no idea this film exists. If one can manage to watch it completely on its own merits, without comparing it to what Ishii achieved, it's quite entertaining. I'll pick it up mostly out of a sense of obligation to support physical BD releases of Toei catalogue titles.
HungFist wrote: 31 Jan 2023, 15:19Let's hope Toei will do the original film in HD soon, and also Takashi Harada and Goro Ibuki's later, superior Kazuo Koike manga adaptation Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer (下苅り半次郎 マル秘観音を探せ) (1975) which is a pretty insane ninja sexploitation adventure, though much less action packed than the Bohachi bushido films.
Indeed, I'd be much more excited about a BD of Ishii's original, which I sometimes consider his best film. As for Hanjiro, that is among my top 5 most wanted unavailable films.
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Coming July 25th 2023 from Discotek: Terrifying Girls High School Animal Classmates

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If you're wondering why they are releasing part 4 instead of part 1, this likely the reason:

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- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php? ... ount=16814

Though I'm still confused why they announced the 4th film only and not the 3rd (neither one are Suzuki films).
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