Zenka onna: koroshi-bushi (1973)

Director:

Atsushi Mihori

Writers:

Fumio Konami (screenplay)
Hirô Matsuda (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 October 1973 (Japan)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity

Cast

Reiko Ike	...	Maki
Yumiko Katayama
Chiyoko Kazama
Masami Sôda
Miki Sugimoto	...	Massayo
Ryoji Hayama	...	Boss Oba (as Ryôji Hayama)
Shinzo Hotta		(as Shinzô Hotta)
Seiya Satou		(as Seiya Satô)
Keiichi Kitagawa
Tooru Hanada
Bontarô Miyake		(as Bontarô Miake)
Takeo Chii	...	Tetsu Hamayasu
Hiroshi Date
Hirohisa Nakata
Naoyuki Sugano

Also Known As:

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Japan:83 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Toei Company

the cigarette stub and threat of chainsaw were surprises but mainly fast moving with decent mix of s&v.

Fine all action, sex and violence Japanese style with real style. Simple yet effective this is, for once, a fairly straight forward tale of revenge with the super women to the fore. Big cat fight at the start is matched by a rematch at the end and everything in between is just pure fun. Bits of nasty violence, the cigarette stub and threat of chainsaw were surprises but mainly fast moving with decent mix of s&v. Nice sequence to illustrate our heroine having to go on the game to earn the dosh to set up the action. Instead of any boring build up with sad undertones we get a quick montage of humps and payments from US soldiers uniform pockets.