Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô (1973)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Norifumi Suzuki

Writers:

Tarô Bonten (story)
Masahiro Kakefuda (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 February 1973 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The Biography of the Woman Boss of Bad Girls...

Plot:

Reiko Ike stars as Ocho, a gambler and pickpocket in Meiji Era Tokyo. After sheltering a fleeing anarchist...

Plot Keywords:

Run | Murder | Spy | Gambler | Pickpocket

Cast

Reiko Ike	...	Ochô Inoshika
Akemi Negishi	...	Ogin Shitateya
Ryôko Ema	...	Omiya
Yôko Hori	...	Okinu
Naomi Oka	...	Okoi
Rena Ichinose	...	Osayo Igirisu
Hachirô Oka
Shin'ichirô Hayashi
Rie Saotome	...	Yuki
Jun Midorikawa	...	Shinobu
Yôko Mihara
Tadashi Naruse	...	Shunosuke (as Masataka Naruse)
Takashi Shirai	...	Oota
Tsuyoshi Arita
Yuzuru Moritani

Also Known As:

Anego den (Japan) (short title)
Elder Sister: Ochô Inoshika (International: English title) (literal title)
Ochô (Japan) (short title)
Sex and Fury (International: English title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007) | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | Chile:18 | Spain:18 | USA:R

Company:

Toei Company

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Two great tastes that taste great together

Sex & Fury is a top-notch epic revenge exploitationer/vintage Japanese softcore porno. Director Norifumi Suzuki (Beautiful Girl Hunter, School of the Holy Beast) paints a gorgeous violent tint on this mammary-heavy early 19th century postwar Japan period piece which stars two exploitation princesses--Reiko Ike (Female Yakuza Tale, Graveyard of Honor) and Christina Lindberg (Thriller: A Cruel Picture).

Reiko Ike plays Ocho. After her boss's thugs make a move to kill her, Ocho, a badass sexy outlaw wielding swords and razor gambling tiles, kicks off on a mission to kill the three tattooed yakuza creeps who offed her father as she bore witness as a small child. Her search leads her right up the ranks of corruption and crime, through gambling dens and bathrooms and snowy courtyards, with a few surprises along the way. One of those surprises comes in bisexual spy Christina (Lindberg) who crosses paths with Ocho on her search for information, sometimes as allies and sometimes as enemies but always as two women on top of their game. Christina is caught between her treacherous handler Guiness and her star-crossed love for a Japanese informant. There's also a dying gambler who makes Ocho promise to set free his yakuza -aptive virginal daughter. So there is a lot going on here but it's also all a setup to show lots of beautiful skin, including a hot lesbo scene.

All in all, a very classy and enjoyable Japanese exploitation bloodspray flick that really pays off in many colorful ways. Very highly recommended to any exploitation or cult movie fan, especially fans of Lady Snowblood and girl gang films.