Bullets 'n' Babes

The French site Dissidenz now has 4 Koji Wakamatsu films available for Video on Demand (internet rental / download). English subtitles are also available.

• Secrets Behind The Wall (1965)
• The Embryo Hunts in Secret (1966) (EDIT: I cannot find English subbed version of this anymore)
• Violated Angels (1967)
• Go Go Second Time Virgin (1969)

The price per film is 4.99€

http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2009/1 ... ow-on-vod/

... and it seems to work fine. This was my first time trying VoD, but I had no problems with it. It's very simple:

1) Register at Dissidenz
2) Choose the film, and pay by credit card.
3) A download link will appear on your account. It will be valid for 3 days, and you cand download the film as many times as you want during that time.

You need a free divx player plus registration. Links and English language guidance are available at Dissidenz, so you can't miss anything.

After you've downloaded the file, you can play it as many times as you want and jump to a scene without interruptions.

Below are some print screen -screencaps from Go Go Second Time Virgin

"The Embryo hunts in Secret" is awesome. A masterpiece. "Go go, second time Virgin", on the other hand, I found a little overrated. Too many themes in there which get into each others ways; Wakamatsu should've only stuck to one and make it as a strong as possible. I also found the constant switching between colour and b/w-filmmaker a little annoying and tedious, same as in "Ecstasy of the Angels". So if you only have the time (and money) to watch one of his movies, I'll strongly recommend making it "The Embryo hunts in Secret". One of those rare little gems in Pinku Eiga, which are so intense and strong and well-made, that they indeed become something more than just bland exploitation. Some stuff in there may be really hard to take, but in the end it's totally worth the effort; it literally blew me away.

Don't Fuck With Koji Wakamatsu!
http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2010/0 ... wakamatsu/

Violated Angels (1967)

Gunman enters hospital dormitory and starts killing and torturing white dressed angels. Koji Wakamatsu’s artsploitation film is beautiful and ugly, engaging and dull. Strong opening and beautiful ending burn in the viewer’s mind, but unfortunately the strengths are in the minority. The remaining part of the 57 minute film comes short in terms of content and depth, as the brutal torture act goes on for too long to serve as meaningful portrait of (male) anguish. The pic does posses a strange atmosphere of dirty exploitation done for high brow arthouse audience, and would have been ideal to see in small theatre in Japan at the time of its original theatrical release. The inspiration for the film came from the preceding year’s Richard Speck murder case that took place in the United States.













Screencaps from Dissidenz VOD release... sorry for the cropping (black bars, and tiny bit of image)... I wasn't thinking clearly last night...