Nu ji zhong ying (1973)

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

Director:

Chih-Hung Kuei

Stars:

Birte Tove, Lieh Lo, Hsieh Wang

Cast

Credited cast:
Birte Tove	...	Jennifer
Lieh Lo	...	Tsui Kuo-Tung
Hsieh Wang	...	Inoue (as Wang Hsieh)
Terry Liu	...	Mako
Roska Rozen	...	Mary
Niki Wane	...	Elizabeth
Hsia-ying Lo	...	Huang Hsia
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shen Chan	...	Bald moustaced Japanese soldier
Feng Chen Chen
Chi Cheng
Ko Ai Chiang
Dana	...	Tortured inmate (as Tsen Shu-Yi)
Mei Sheng Fan
Chen Feng
Tessa Finch

Storyline

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

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Plot Keywords:

sadism | blood | brutality | women in prison | woman shot | 

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Taglines:

The fight for LIFE between the KUNG-FU masters! ONLY ONE LIVES!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Horror | War

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Japanese Danish English

Release Date:

August 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bamboo House of Dolls

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Little Red Riding Hood (2009)

User Reviews

Big budget exploitation effort is a little too sloppy to praise

Big budget exploitation effort from Shaw Brothers is a little too sloppy to be praised, but it's a decent time waster. It is bizarre to see softcore Scandinavian sex siren Birte Tove ("Bedroom Mazurka", "Bedside Dentist") in a key role as prisoner/Red Cross envoy Jennifer. Ms. Tove gets beaten around a lot in this violent WIP (Women In Prison) flick and reveals more than her fine legs.

In fact, director Chin Hung Kuei appears to be obsessed with women's legs and underthings. Hardly a moment goes by that we aren't looking up a fallen prisoner's dress or watching another poor soul have have clothing torn off by an evil Japanese officer.

There is a confusing plot concerning hidden gold and some anti-Japanese propaganda, but the main focus of this exploitation epic is rape, beatings, catfights, escape attempts and torture. It's all done with tongue in cheese at times and is usually too extreme to be taken seriously. Though the film does have a TF Mous vibe at times (reminding this viewer of "Lost Souls" in particular), Mous's shocking exploitation classic didn't hit cinemas until 1980, six years after this was produced.

The film's scope is quite wide and events in the third act move to rural and coastal locations outside the central prison set. The climax is rather ludicrous and totally illogical, but by then, exploitation fans will have gotten their money's worth, if not any food for the brain.