Director: Makoto Shinozaki. Review: Adam Wing. The last time we saw Asami she was taking revenge on the gang members who had left her for dead after running riot in her town. She teamed up with a quartet of gun toting babes locked, loaded and ready for action. Dressed in next to nothing (go figure), Asami and her ‘Yakuza Hunters’ took to the streets in search of simple-minded madmen and the taste of bloody retribution. The fight sequences (when they came) were deliciously dirty, but Yakuza Hunters dragged its (high) heels from time to time, boosting the running time with layers of misjudged sentiment. With a retro soundtrack and gore by the bucket load, the first chapter kicked enough Yakuza ass to make the prospect of part 2 a welcome one, but if you’re hoping to see Asami half naked again, you’ll have to file this second helping away...
- 4/21/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
A depressingly low-quality trailer for Yoichiro Hayama‘s upcoming J-horror film Marmot has been uploaded to YouTube.
This is the third of the director’s series of horror films under the theme of clinical trials. The first two were “saru” (2003) and “saru phase three” (2007).
In “Marmot”, J-horror veteran Hitomi Miwa stars as Reiko, a staff member at a child consultation center who’s trying to persuade a pregnant woman named Misaki to stop drinking alcohol. Misaki previously gave birth to a child who was intellectually impaired due to her alcoholism, so she was determined to consult with doctors and seek help this time around. However, to control her desire for alcohol, she’s put on a trial of a dangerous medication not yet approved by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The film will get a limited one-week release at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa from January 8, 2011, courtesy of Argo Pictures.
This is the third of the director’s series of horror films under the theme of clinical trials. The first two were “saru” (2003) and “saru phase three” (2007).
In “Marmot”, J-horror veteran Hitomi Miwa stars as Reiko, a staff member at a child consultation center who’s trying to persuade a pregnant woman named Misaki to stop drinking alcohol. Misaki previously gave birth to a child who was intellectually impaired due to her alcoholism, so she was determined to consult with doctors and seek help this time around. However, to control her desire for alcohol, she’s put on a trial of a dangerous medication not yet approved by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The film will get a limited one-week release at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa from January 8, 2011, courtesy of Argo Pictures.
- 12/16/2010
- Nippon Cinema
The official website for the upcoming pinky violence-inspired “Sukeban Hunters” films has been completely overhauled with links to two brand new trailers. Judging from the website, the English title is apparently “Yakuza Busting Girls”.
It probably goes without saying, but neither of these trailers are work safe.
Yakuza Busting Girls: Duel in Hell (Sukeban Hunters: Jigoku no Kettou) was written and directed by Shinichi Okuda. The intro line translates to something like “Intense gun action and gore effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura lead to the creation of an incomparable macaroni western!”
Plot: Asami returns exausted after three years of intense training to become a yakuza hunter. She decides to visit her old master, Inokuma (Sakichi Sato), who runs a bar. However, she finds his place in ruins and nothing is as it was when she left. As it turns out, the local yakuza had turned it into a gambling house and...
It probably goes without saying, but neither of these trailers are work safe.
Yakuza Busting Girls: Duel in Hell (Sukeban Hunters: Jigoku no Kettou) was written and directed by Shinichi Okuda. The intro line translates to something like “Intense gun action and gore effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura lead to the creation of an incomparable macaroni western!”
Plot: Asami returns exausted after three years of intense training to become a yakuza hunter. She decides to visit her old master, Inokuma (Sakichi Sato), who runs a bar. However, she finds his place in ruins and nothing is as it was when she left. As it turns out, the local yakuza had turned it into a gambling house and...
- 4/10/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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