The Toei Pinky Violence thread

[Classique]

I watched Blossoming Night Dreams last night.
It of course does not top the ending of Worthless to Confess(What ever will?).
The overall movie leading up to this I enjoyed quite a bit more then W2C though.
Reika Oshida is just adorable in this movie from beginning to end, to a degree I can't even formulate in to words.Her sexuality is MUCH more on display in this movie then it was in W2C.

Also pleasently suprised to see Junko Miyazono in the film as well.
She isn't quite as attractive as say Reika but I think she more then makes up for it in the acting department.Got a cute smile too. :twisted:
First caught her in Fury Bancho 2, then the first Poisonous Seductress and now this she is steadily starting to grow on me.


As always i'd like to delve more in to it but i'm not really good with that kinda stuff plus I know you haven't seen it yet.
Gonna give W2C a whirl tonight since I haven't watched it since I first got the Pinky Violence collection some time ago so I can compare the two.

And on a last somewhat pinky violence unrelated note I ordered the original Abashiri Prison.
Ken Takakura, Tetsura Tamba and Teruo Ishii.
How have I not seen this yet?

[Classique]

Abashiri is great!

I was use to seeing Takakura as the strong silent type in the Red Peony films but in Abashiri he is a complete 180 and just as good if not better.

Lots of Toei regulars and a damn well made film.
Definately a "per quota" film raised above that stature by how great it is.
I'm just sad their aren't subs out there for the sequels as i'd like to see where they ended up going with things.
The first still has enough closure to be watched as a standalone movie that probably didn't have sequels planned before it's success.


Also received Girl Boss Revenge and gave it a view last night.
Good stuff.I think I may actually like the one released in the PV collection more though.
The real treat of course is the Suzuki interview.

Hungfist- I command you now to order Fury Bancho 2 before you order ANYTHING else this year.

[HungFist]

Female Demon Ohyaku (Yôen dokufu den: hannya no ohyaku) (1968)

Junko Miyazono stars in this stylish and surprisingly story driven revenge film. Labeled as ”the original pinky violence film” by the US distributor Synapse Female Demon Ohyaku doesn’t feature much more nudity than Miyazono’s tattooed back, but the violence is strong and bloody. The amount of action is small but the main point of the film lies undeniably elsewhere. As a female action film Female Demon Ohyaku could be considered a sort of early pinky violence film, but the lack graphic sex and nudity sets it appart from "true pinky violence films". The themes however are there. While the film never gets boring it feels like it could be a bit more exciting than it is now. The legendary Tomisaburo Wakayama has a small supporting role as a local yakuza boss. His role does not feature any action.

[HungFist]

Quick Draw Okatsu (Yoen dokufuden: Hitokiri okatsu) (1969)

This sequel to Female Demon Ohyaku is where the heaven begins. Quick-Draw Okatsu is the cream de la cream of violent female swordplay movies. Junko Miyazono returns in different role as a woman raving for revenge. Although she gives a very solid performance she’s actually the weakest link in the cast. The first super delighter is Reiko Oshida, Toei’s purest gift to the female action genre. Appearing in one of the early roles of her career, she plays the mysterious samurai girl character with her trademark energy and delinquent attitude. Both girls handle the sword well, but are naturally overshadowed by the sword god Tomisaburo Wakayama. This time he’s not casted as the comic relief or respected yakuza boss but his own badass himself. The lone wolf, a one man army.

[HungFist]

Okatsu The Fugitive (Yoen dokufuden: Okatsu kyojo tabi) (1969)

The final part the trilogy feels almost like a remake of Quick-Draw Okatsu. The storyline starts from the beginning, just like last time, with Miyazono playing a new lead character. While the trick didn’t hurt the second part, third time is starting to feel a bit too much already. The basic concept – Junko with a sword – works of course, but quality has gone down from the terrific previous intalment. The last 25 minutes offers a satisfying conclusion, though, and the supporting cast features some good actors such as the charming Reiko Oshida (doesn’t kill anyone this time) and Tatsuo Umemiya.













Synapse presents all three films nicely. The first film shows edge here and there, but it’s not terribly distracting. Otherwise I can’t really find anything to complain about. The sequel even avoid this problem, and looks just amazing. The same applies to the third film. All transfers are very sharp. Audio is clean on all films as well. As mentioned before, the covers are fully reversible with the original poster arts on the reverse side. Extras are sparse but okay; Chris D commentary for the first film, and trailers, poster galleries, biographies and 4 page booklets for each film.

Note: while the first film is more or less pinky violence - although not quite as we know the genre - the sequels are pure chambara. Basically these reviews are in the wrong thread.

[Classique]

I thought the first film was good but not anything amazing.

From your review it looks like i'm gonna have to order the second one and could probably live with skipping the third.


Have you watched Blossoming Night Dreams?Reika isn't so pure


Hopefully we hear something on the Ginza Watadori films soon.

Once Bohachi comes out next week their won't be any new subbed pinky violence on the horizon.

[HungFist]

From your review it looks like i'm gonna have to order the second one

Oh definitely. It is pure greatness. You can't live without it.

and could probably live with skipping the third

Well, I thought you might want to see it because of Umemiya? And of course Reiko is in it, too, but her role is very small. But yeah, the film is only good, not amazing or anything.

Have you watched Blossoming Night Dreams?

Yes, I have. I just thought three reviews was enough for last night... And I didn't want to post any Reiko pureness earlier in the middle of the Nikkatsu sleaze...

Reiko isn't so pure

I Love her.

Hopefully we hear something on the Ginza Watadori films soon.

yeah...

Once Bohachi comes out next week their won't be any new subbed pinky violence on the horizon.

That's very sad. Hopefully Exploitation Digital will announce something soon...

[HungFist]

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (Zubekô banchô: Yume wa yoro hirakua) (1970)

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi is slowly but unsurely becoming one of my favourite directors. I’ve enjoyed every film I’ve seen from him, and Blossoming Night Dreams is no exception. While not as good as Worthless to Confess, this opening part in the series is an enormously entertaining girl gang pop film. The cast is excellent with Toei’s crown jewel dynamo Reiko Oshida playing the lead role, and reliable genre actors such as Yukie Kagawa and Nobuo Kaneko giving support. The most impressive supporting performances are given by Tatsuya Umemiya and Junko Miyazono, who plays her role as the leader of the gang with charisma that reminded me of Junko Fuji.

Exploitation Digital’s dvd is okay. Soft, definitely, but no other major problems. Colours are quite alright, even if a bit reddish at times, and edge enhancement doesn’t exist. Progressive, too. Of course this could’ve been better, but I don’t really see reason to complain too much. Exploitation Digital is one of the few companies in the world that care enough to even release these great films on dvd.

[Classique]

That's very sad. Hopefully Exploitation Digital will announce something soon...

Yes.You know things are getting a little dried up when you have to go for Nikkatsu stuff.

Good point about Umemiya in the third Okhatsu film.Him and Miyazono have pretty good chemistry together so i'll probably get it eventually just not gonna rush out.

Enjoyed the Blossoming review.I'm still gonna stand by my original feeling that that it's overall better then Worthless To Confess except for the ending.
So much quality fanservice in Blossoming Night Dreams.Reika riding that bike in the beginning.I need to rewatch it again tonight :twisted:

[HungFist]

That's very sad. Hopefully Exploitation Digital will announce something soon...

Yes.You know things are getting a little dried up when you have to go for Nikkatsu stuff.

hehe, true, although lately I've managed to find a couple of Nikkatsu movies that I've really enjoyed (Retreat and Painful Bliss). I also have high hopes for pop director Koyu Ohara's Pink Hip Girl, which I have on order.

Enjoyed the Blossoming review.

Thanks. Good to hear there's still at least one person reading my writings. I probably angered all the Nikkatsu fans already, lol.

So much quality fanservice in Blossoming Night Dreams.Reika riding that bike in the beginning.

Oh yeah, and a glorious panty shot, too (didn't want to "spoil" that with a creencap. But that bicycle shot in in the beginning is definitely my favourite).

btw, the film crew must be huge Ken Takakura fans since in the first film Reiko is doing the girl gang greeting in front of a Takakura movie poster, and in Worthless to Confess they're watching Abashiri Prison... which remided me of: In Nikkatsu's Painful Bliss not only is there a Takakura poster, but the film also features the theme song from Worthless to Confess at the end.

[Classique]

That's very sad. Hopefully Exploitation Digital will announce something soon...

Yes.You know things are getting a little dried up when you have to go for Nikkatsu stuff.

hehe, true, although lately I've managed to find a couple of Nikkatsu movies that I've really enjoyed (Retreat and Painful Bliss). I also have high hopes for pop director Koyu Ohara's Pink Hip Girl, which I have on order.

Enjoyed the Blossoming review.

Thanks. Good to hear there's still at least one person reading my writings. I probably angered all the Nikkatsu fans already, lol.

So much quality fanservice in Blossoming Night Dreams.Reika riding that bike in the beginning.

Oh yeah, and a glorious panty shot, too (didn't want to "spoil" that with a creencap. But that bicycle shot in in the beginning is definitely my favourite).

btw, the film crew must be huge Ken Takakura fans since in the first film Reiko is doing the girl gang greeting in front of a Takakura movie poster, and in Worthless to Confess they're watching Abashiri Prison... which remided me of: In Nikkatsu's Painful Bliss not only is there a Takakura poster, but the film also features the theme song from Worthless to Confess at the end.

It's funny how iconic Ken Takakura really is/was.He's probably been referenced in more movies then he's been in and more then any actor ever.
From Delinquent Girl Boss to even Postmen Blues his image is still present to this day.

Considering how small the amount of toei pv fans their are i'd warrant a guess their are even less Nikkatsu fans to offend.

Btw speaking of the bike riding how about Reika up against that rock on the beach in Blossoming Night Dreams?
Pretty hot scene.Much better then Miki digging her feet in a pile of dirt in Girl Boss Revenge.

While were waiting i'm gonna get off my butt and post some caps from the first Gincho Watadori film this weekend.
Meiko spends most of the second movie in a kimono but in the first she gets to wear alot of cool outfits.

[HungFist]

Looking forward to those caps.

Reiko in bikini was hot, yeah. I also loved the car scene.

Okay, I'm gonna go watch Red Peony Gambler 3 now

[Classique]

Looking forward to those caps.

Reiko in bikini was hot, yeah. I also loved the car scene.

Okay, I'm gonna go watch Red Peony Gambler 3 now

Nice!

I have a hard time picking a favorite out of the series.

I love 1,2,3,5 and enjoyed 4 and 6 but felt they paled a little in comparison.

I do remember the third having one of the better Wakayama appearances.

Part 5 would have had his best appearance if they woulda showed him wielding a sword in all his skilled glory a bit more.

Btw is you avatar from Taifu Club?I need to finish watching that one of these days.
Botched the sub alignment for the custom I made and could only take it for about half the movie.Gonna get off my arse and re-do it again one of these years.

[HungFist]

Taifu Club, yes, but don't say another word of it in this thread. That kind of purity should not even be mentioned in a thread that features Nikkatsu reviews...

[Classique]

Taifu Club, yes, but don't say another word of it in this thread. That kind of purity should not even be mentioned in a thread that features Nikkatsu reviews...

Anyways better late then never.

Little warm up for synapse to release this hopefully sometime this year.

If you like Kazuhiko Yamaguchi I don't think you should even begin to wonder if you will enjoy this movie.

First is the must have girl gang greeting being performed in a familiar setting.



Heres the rest-









Hopefully these came out all right.

The source is nothing to write home about and I had to use a ghetto builtin windows vista dvd player with print screen.

[HungFist]

Sukeban (Girl Boss Revenge) (1973)

The fourth film in the seven part Sukeban series is also the last one directed by Norifumi Suzuki. Although not quite as good as Sukeban gerira (Girl Boss Guerilla) but it’s another highly enjoyable exploitation piece. Suzuki serves his usual mix of action and silly humour, this time spiced with some sadistic violence. The cast is quaranteed to make any genre fan cheer; Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike and Ema Ryoko all leading a girl gangs of their own, and Toei’s number one bad guy Bin Amatsu as the treacherous villain. Tatsuo Endo and Yoko Mihara and also make brief appearances.

Exploitation Digital’s has given the film a satisfactory release. The image not very sharp but looks rather pleasing and doesn’t feature any major problems (except the sides. Look at the caps and you’ll see something weird going on. But unless you have a zero overscan TV you won’t be able to notice anything). However, what makes this dvd a must buy (aside from the film itself) is the new 14 min Norifumi Suzuki interview. Although not as indepth as it could be it’s still a great pleasure to finally hear the director speak. I believe this is the first time ever Suzuki appears on dvd extras. The disc also contains a nice photo gallery. The trailer is not original, but a disappointing new promo.











Norifumi Suzuki interview

[HungFist]

Sometimes pink comes from the weirdest of directions; this time from 150 km to west from me. The Swedes are releasing Sadao Nakajima’s Journey to Japan (1973), starring Christina Lindberg. There’s even a good change it will be released in Finland, too (Nordic dvd releases are rarely limited to just one country). But even a Swedish disk with Swedish subtitles only would be a notable step up from unsubbed R2J's (which for this film does not excist, as Studio S Entertaiment's release is a Världspremiär på DVD!).



They are also releasing Sex & Fury. Both discs are coming in Summer 2008

http://www.studiosentertainment.se/

I don't know how final this is but the site is now showing this pic:



I wish they had used the orig poster instead. Journey to Japan will be released 27.8.2008.

If you want more info about the film (in japanese) and a few stills see this site:
http://www.otona-eiga.jp/contents/00000080.php

Music from the film was featured on Hotwax's Sadao Nakajima CD.



I believe there's also an article about the film in their magazine


Vol. 4
151 Pages
A5

[HungFist]

The day is here (in August). Toei is God.













In case you don't get it: That's Delinquent Girl Boss 1-4 + Sukeban 1-2.

[HungFist]

Basic infos for the upcoming Toei films

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (1970) (review)
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast: Reiko Oshida, Junko Miyazono, Yukie Kagawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Tatsuo Umemiya

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters (1970)
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast: Reiko Oshida, Tsunehiko Watase, Yukie Kagawa, Masumi Tachibana

Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods (1971)
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast: Reiko Oshida, Yukie Kagawa, Hayato Tani, Asao Koike

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless To Confess (1971) (review)
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Cast: Reiko Oshida, Yumiko Katayama, Yukie Kagawa, Tsunehiko Watase, Nobuo Kaneko

Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Counter Attack (1971)
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Cast: Reiko Ike, Miki Sugimoto, Yukie Kagawa, Rena Ichinose

Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Challenge (1972)
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Cast: Reiko Ike, Miki Sugimoto, Yayoi Watanabe, Asao Koike

[HungFist]

Seems like a good time to post some Reiko Oshida stuff













The world's greatest movie poster needs to be re-posted

[Classique]

Reika was just criminally cute.

The August lineup is sick.

Hopefully Exploitation Digital or Discotek nabs a few of those.


Which Fury Bancho is that vhs coverart piece from?

[HungFist]

Reika was just criminally cute.

Hopefully Exploitation Digital or Discotek nabs a few of those.

I don't know if it's very profitable anymore. They would lose the japanese customers and other people who are getting the Toei discs. But of course I wish they would release them.

Btw, subs for the first Sukeban film are available, and in my possession.

Which Fury Bancho is that vhs coverart piece from?

No 10, 不良番長　口から出まかせ (1970) (1970)

[HungFist]

Half of Toei’s pinky violence movies are still not available on dvd. These include well know films by directors like Ishii and Suzuki, but also films that are practically unknown in the west. I’ll try to list some of them (more posts to come)

三匹の牝蜂 (1970)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1970/ct001510.htm
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/molmot/20070903/p1
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=19290

This film is directed by Motohiro Torii, who may be better known as screenwriter. He participated in writing Red Peony Gambler 3 and The Street Fighter, among others. The film stars Reiko Ohara, Junko Natsu, Tsunehiko Watase, Nobuo Kaneko and Asao Koike

The next two films are directed by Makoto Naito, who also did 13 Steps (get it on dvd already, Toei!) with Etsuko Shihomi, and several Furyo Bancho movies.

地獄の天使　紅い爆音 (1977)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1977/da003020.htm
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=18745
http://douga.nifty.com/cs/catalog/douga ... 9001_2.htm

番格ロック (Bankaku rokku) (1973)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw002930.htm
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=19979
http://blog.livedoor.jp/n_tko/archives/50829156.html
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/langberg/e/60e24c ... 93b92cf478

Bankaku rokku stars Emiko Yamauchi, Naoya Makoto, Hideo Murota, Takashi Shikauchi and Yumiko Katayama. Romanization for the 1977 film would be Jigoku no tenshi: akai bakuon (could be wrong), and it stars Aiko Morishita, Katsuhiro Fukuda, Masanori Machida, Tatsuya Kameyama and Tadashi Naruse

くの一忍法　観音開き (Kunoichi Ninpo: Kannon Biraki) (1976)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1976/cz000410.htm
http://www.ofdb.de/film/100650,Female-Ninjas
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=18475

Aka Female Ninjas: In Bed With the Enemy. Directed by Takayuki Miyagawa. Starring Maki Tachibana, Megumi Hori, Keiko Kinugasa, Maki Karusoru and Jiro Okazaki

狂走セックス族 (Boso sekkusu-zoku) (1973)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw001170.htm
http://www.ofdb.de/film/112023,B%C3%B4s ... kkusu-zoku
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=19920
http://www.otona-eiga.jp/contents/00000036.php

Directed by Takayuki Miyagawa and written by Norifumi Suzuki and Masahiro Kakefuda. Stars Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Takashi Shirai, Hiroko Isayama and Yoko Mihara

[HungFist]

A quick look at pinky violence movies still waiting to be released on dvd: Part 2

女囚やくざ (Josuke yakuza) (1974)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1974/cx000490.htm
http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=film_detail&fid=127242
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=18199

Directed by Masahide Shinozuka and starring Reiko Ike, Tsunehiko Watase, Yoko Horikoshi, Kyoko Naito and Yuriko Mishima.

忘八武士道　さ無頼 (Bohachi bushidô: sa burai) (1974)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1974/cx000260.htm
http://www.ofdb.de/film/101369,Bohachi- ... r-Villainy
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=18179

Aka Bohachi Code of Honor: Villainy aka Saburai – The Way of the Bohachi. This is a sequel to Teruo Ishii’s Porno jidaigeki – Bohachi bushido. Directed by Takashi Harada and stars Goro Ibuki, Reiko Ike, Emi Jo, Miki Nakai and Bin Amatsu. Toei has released this on vhs, but not dvd.

毒婦お伝と首切り浅 (Dokufu oden kubikiri asa) (1977)

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1977/da000080.htm
http://www.ofdb.de/film/101835,Dokufu-oden-kubikiri-asa

aka Decapitation of an Evil Woman. By Yuuji Makiguchi (if Shogun’s Sadism is anything to go by, this is gonna be very splat splat).

[HungFist]

A quick look at pinky violence movies still waiting to be released on dvd: Part 3 – Seifuku Heaven

恐怖女子高校　女暴力教室 (Kyôfu joshikôkô: onna bôryoku kyôshitsu) (1972)

http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=19796
http://www.ofdb.de/film/126651,Terrifyi ... -Classroom
http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1972/cv002840.htm

Aka Terrifying Girls’ High School – Women’s Violent Classroom. Directed by Norifumi Suzuki and starring Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Rika Sudo, Ema Ryoko, Nobuo Kaneko and Rena Ichinose. This is the first part in the series

恐怖女子高校　不良悶絶グループ (Kyôfu joshikôkô: furyô monzetsu gurûpu) (1973)

http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=19971
http://www.ofdb.de/film/126648,Terrifyi ... sion-Group
http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw002770.htm

Aka Terrifying Girls' High School - Delinquent Convulsion Group. Starring Reiko Ike, Yuko Kano, Hiroshi Nawa, Yoko Mihara, Ema Ryoko, Rie Saotome, Tatsuo Endo and Rena Ichinose. Directed by Masahiro Shimura. Third film in the series.

恐怖女子高校　アニマル同級生 (Kyôfu joshikôkô: animal dôkyôsei) (1973)

http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun ... h&id=20020
http://www.ofdb.de/film/126649,Terrifyi ... al-Courage
http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1973/cw003660.htm

Aka Terrifying Girls' High School – Animal Courage. Starring Reiko Ike, Nobuo Kaneko, Ema Ryoko, Rie Saotome and Emi Shiro. Directed by Masahiro Shimura. Fourth (final) film in the series.