Ass-kicking women from Japan
Recently I became really interested in Pinky Violence, so I started to watch films with the similar theme of ass-kicking female characters in Japanese cinema. If you're here I'd be glad for any input you may have.
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- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaMasumi TachibanaYukie KagawaJuvenile delinquent Rika gets released from the reform school and ends up protecting the debt-ridden father of her friend from local gangsters.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaYukie KagawaShuushiboThe local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black leather outfit and cowboy hat - reminiscent of the earlier war victors. Old and new grudges lead the two girl gangs to clash in several fights. However, when one of the leaders dies, the girls end up by uniting against the male gangsters that had been using them as puppets - and it all ends in a great finale mixed battle by the seashore.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaMasumi TachibanaYukie KagawaDelinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams.
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsMiki SugimotoEiji GôTetsurô TanbaAfter a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.
- DirectorKôji EnokidoStarsNaoko IijimaKôsuke HishinumaMisayo HarukiA famous businessman's links with organized crime are looked into by the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police, with the investigation being headed by a highly trained, extremely violent and very beautiful female officer. When not having shoot-outs with the crime syndicate thugs trying to kill her, she spends most of her time in her apartment, wearing lingerie and taking showers. A sub-plot involves the businessman's S&M-obsessed daughter.
- DirectorDaisuke GotôStarsNatsuki OzawaSaori IwamaKane KosugiA gang of young thieves try to rob a mob boss, but their heist is interrupted by an officer of the Tokyo Police Department's elite Zero Division. They get away with the loot, but the officer, a beautiful, more-than-slightly psychotic young woman who also happens to be an excellent shot, is tracking them down. To bring the case to a successful conclusion, she must deal with rival crime gangs, small- time crooks, and the wavering loyalties of her own partner.
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsRiona HazukiReiko TakashimaJinpachi NezuIkko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents and is only saved from sharing their fate by an underground hitwoman who goes by the nom-de-guerre of "Black Angel." Years after escaping to America, Ikko returns to Tokyo as a young woman. She adopts the name "Black Angel" and is out for revenge.
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsYûki AmamiTakeshi YamatoReiko KataokaAssigned to kill a Japanese crime boss, Mayo miscalculates and kills an innocent man instead, and his widow pledges to avenge his death.
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsKen OgataShinobu ÔtakeKimiko YoThrown together by chance during the robbery of a jewelry store by a Yakuza gang, five women take advantage of the situation to make off with the heist's loot, while a man hunts the same gang for the rape and subsequent suicide of his wife.
- DirectorYasushi SaisyuStarsSaori OnoDaisuke RyûShigemitsu OgiRei is ordered to bust Kayama who is buying confiscated drugs from police officers, she finds she is attracted to him.
- DirectorHidekazu TakaharaStarsChieko ShiratoriIchiho MatsudaTerunori MiyazakiIn this installment of the Zero Woman series, Rei, the number-one assassin of the Tokyo Police Department's secret Zero Division, has been assigned to take out a notorious gangster responsible for dozens of murders. At the same time, she must protect the gangster's mistress from the hitmen who want to keep her from telling the police what she knows. At first, both women are upset about the arrangement, but they eventually come to appreciate each other.
- DirectorMasahide KuwabaraStarsKumiko TakedaKeiji MatsudaTokuma NishiokaA special agent of the Tokyo Police has been given the assignment of assassinating a group of crime bosses. Soon afterwards, she encounters the hitman the crime bosses have sent to kill her. After talking together, they discover that they are equally reluctant to carry out their assignments. They are pushed onward by their respective bosses, however, until they must both decide where their loyalties truly lie.
- DirectorDaisuke GotôStarsMai TachiharaYûjin KitagawaDaisuke YamazakiRei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay bar looking for johns. After he gets beaten up by a group of street thugs, she takes him in to live with her. When a series of vicious murders takes place, she begins to suspect that the killer may actually be her friend taking revenge on everyone who has abused him. Will she uphold her duty to the police, or protect her only friend?
- DirectorTaisen KamakuraStarsMaiko TônoTarô SuwaHiroshi NishikawaRay tries to find her memory that gets lost during training, but while investigating human trafficking where young women are victims. One day, a classified killer virus is seized by terrorists and A girl named Sarah who specializes in molecular biology and computers, to work with Ray but Ray refuses to do so.
- DirectorNorihisa YoshimuraStarsMikiyo OnoReina TanakaKou WatanabeRei is a woman without a past, who is an undercover agent for the Zero department, a shadow division of the police department. But her skills have become a threat and she is marked for death by a rival organization.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsMeiko KajiRikiya YasuokaTatsuya FujiA street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsTatsuya FujiNoriko KurosawaEiji GôTwo Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkiko WadaMeiko KajiKôji WadaA wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiBunjaku HanTakeo ChiiFive freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiTatsuya FujiYoshio HaradaThe series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsMakiko EsumiSayoko YamaguchiHanae KanThe No. 3 assassin of Japan is given the chance to usurp No. 1 and take their place.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoReiko IkeSeiko SaburiThree new students at a super strict girls' school face off against the oppressive administration, a corrupt politician and a sadistic student discipline brigade.
- DirectorMasakazu ShimuraStarsReiko IkeRyôko EmaNatsuko YashiroReiko Ike is back as a tough schoolgirl who eventually has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high school administration where institutionalized sexual abuse is endemic.
- DirectorMasakazu ShimuraStarsReiko IkeYûko KanôHiroshi NawaA nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.
- DirectorAtsushi MihoriStarsReiko IkeChiyoko KazamaMasami SôdaAfter her father is exploited and killed by a yakuza gang, a tough woman, fresh out of prison, exacts her revenge over said gang with the help of three girls she met in prison.
- DirectorHideo TanakaStarsYui AsakaMasatô IbuKeizô KanieNeo-nazi takes over a school, turns it into training camp with attempt to coup d'etat. Sukeban Deka should stop him, but it seems to impossible if she's alone.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoReiko IkeMisuzu ÔtaA group of girls find themselves immersed in an Osaka gangland war when they escape from a detention transport. They form their own gang called The Gypsies.
- DirectorKenta FukasakuStarsAya MatsuuraRika IshikawaErika MiyoshiRecruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoReiko IkeEmi JôMembers of the Red Helmet biker girl gang wind up in Kyoto, where they get into conflict with other girl gangs and local yakuza thugs.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki NarimiyaRaised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsAya UetoYûma IshigakiChiaki KuriyamaYoung assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsReiko IkeAkemi NegishiRyôko EmaDuring the Meiji era, a gambler called Ocho takes revenge on three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist and confronts a British spy.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsReiko IkeMakoto AikawaArumi KuriOcho gets abducted by a yakuza clan that uses a gang of women to smuggle drugs in their vaginas. Finding out that the kingpin had killed the last boss and abducted his daughter, Ocho joins forces with the drug mules against the clan.
- DirectorYoshihiro IshikawaStarsJunko MiyazonoTomisaburô WakayamaKunio MuraiA female acrobat and a thief plans to steal the gold from the mint. The evil manager have his own plans.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsJunko MiyazonoReiko ÔnobutaKô NishimuraAn innocent man gets killed for the debt accumulated by his gambler son. This sets Okatsu, a master with the sword and an adopted daughter of the victim, on a path of revenge.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsJunko MiyazonoReiko ÔnobutaTôru AbeMiyazono again plays a character named Okatsu in the final installment, Okatsu the Fugitive (1969), as the devoted daughter of parents who are put to death for refusing to release a document that could send a venal merchant to prison.
- DirectorYoshihiro NishimuraStarsYumiko HaraEihi ShiinaKazuki NamiokaStill reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.
- DirectorYoshihiro NishimuraStarsEihi ShiinaItsuji ItaoYukihide BennyIn future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsMinase YashiroAsamiNobuhiro NishiharaMaimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiFumio WatanabeYukie KagawaAfter spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi WatanabeAfter being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiMikio NaritaReisen RiMatsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.
- DirectorYutaka KohiraStarsYumi TakigawaYûsuke NatsuYoko KonnoNami Matsushima's sister goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, Nami is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome.
- DirectorRyôji NiimuraStarsAtsuki KatôMiho KiuchiChiharu KomatsuWith the law helpless and the authorities unable and unwilling to step in a woman proceeds and takes direct action when as coincidence would have it one of the murdering kidnappers of a her sister becomes a patient in the hospital at which she works. She is sent to prison for her crime, but that is just the beginning of her ordeal.
- DirectorYutaka KohiraStarsYôko NatsukiTakeo ChiiMasashi IshibashiA nurse is framed for her involvement in the hospital murder of a politician who was threatening to expose corrupt practices. She escapes from jail but is captured and sent back.
- DirectorToshiharu IkedaStarsNaoko AmihamaDump MatsumotoJunko MiyashitaA woman, disguised as a beggar, turns out to be a formidable assassin.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsMeiko KajiMasakazu TamuraYumi KaneiOnce again on the lam, Matsu is helped by a strip club worker who holds a grudge against the detective who's trying to find her.
- DirectorKen'ichi FujiwaraStarsKirara AsukaSanaSuwaru RyûBased on the movie series of the same name from 1972 and on, the updated film is the story of a betrayed Nami Matsushima, prisoner #701, who is sent to a women's prison for attempted murder. Nami is placed in cell Number 2 notorious for deaths, suicides and reports of unnatural phenomena.
- DirectorYoshikazu IshiiStarsKen'ichi EndôYôko MitsuyaMitsuho OtaniThree beautiful female assassins under the control of a mysterious employer find that they're not the only ones after their latest target.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki DaimonA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiJûzô ItamiKazuko YoshiyukiTo avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsYumi TakigawaEmiko YamauchiYayoi WatanabeIn order to investigate her mother's strange death, a woman enters a sacred convent run by hypocritical, perverse nuns.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiTatsuo UmemiyaTsunehiko WataseNami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiShin'ichi ChibaShingo YamashiroNami (played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. On the way she saves a young woman named Hanae whose father had sold her for prostitution, but by doing this noble thing she becomes involved with Yakuza gang who doesn't want to let their property go and wants to keep a tight control over the Ginza district. With the help of Ryuji (played by Sonny Chiba) she has to find the man who killed her father and deal with the Yakuza threat.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsEtsuko ShihomiShin'ichi ChibaAsao UchidaA young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsReiko IkeYukie KagawaShinsuke TakiIn the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found it's way into the yakuza (crime) societies. A Girl Boss may have a choice between bikes, and between boyfriends. But she has to defend her choices the hard way, as her triumph and power over the girls' gang is questioned by her female rivals, and the all powerful Yakuza Boss. She inspires loyalty to her girls, and to men to the extent of many of them literally giving their lives for her - in a world of knife and gun fighting, bike and car chasing, and violent death.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsMiki SugimotoNatsuko MiuraMasataka NaruseDelinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.
- DirectorMasakazu ShimuraStarsReiko IkeYûko KanôHiroshi NawaA nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.
- DirectorMasakazu ShimuraStarsReiko IkeRyôko EmaNatsuko YashiroReiko Ike is back as a tough schoolgirl who eventually has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high school administration where institutionalized sexual abuse is endemic.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsMeiko KajiHoki TokudaMakoto SatôThe head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.
- DirectorKô NakahiraStarsRika AokiKazuko NagamotoMasami SoudaFirst film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.
- DirectorKôzaburô YoshimuraStarsRika AokiJiro KawarazakiTaiji TonoyamaReform schools are a way of protecting society by ridding it of lawless juvenile delinquents. But who's protecting the juvenile delinquents from corrupt reform schools? Rica could be considered a bit of an expert on reform schools, having spent most of her early life in and out of them. When Rica is dragged back once again, she gets a severe beating and is finally sent off to a mental hospital with the intention of selling her and her pals into a slave trade. A trader takes Rica's friend Jun to a mountain cottage where she's pegged for the lead in his clandestine porno film operation. Once again, it's up to tough-as-nails Rica to bust up this corrupt racket once and for all.
- DirectorKô NakahiraStarsRika AokiTôru MinegishiTaiji TonoyamaRica wanting a new start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. She looks into a ship that exploded and all survived this disaster who comes in contact with her dies.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHiroko ShimabukuroEriko ImaiTakako UeharaAfter her sudden death a teenage girl finds her father has uploaded her mind to computer form. With a rival corporation wishing to capture her the girl is uploaded to her boyfriend's laptop.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsAyana SakaiTakashi NagayamaChiaki IchibaA group of schoolgirls find out that a local modeling agency is run by vampires.
- DirectorHideStarsRiki TakeuchiAya NakamuraMiho NomotoOut for revenge after waking up in the trunk of a car, a female thug teams up with an abused prostitute to steal a bag of cash from the Yakuza.