The Bod Squad (1974)

Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their ... See full summary »

Directors:

Ernst Hofbauer, Chih-Hung Kuei

Writer:

Yi Hsun Cheng (as Cheng Yi Hsin)

Stars:

Hua Yueh, Hui-Ling Liu, Sonja Jeannine

Cast

Credited cast:
Hua Yueh	...	Ko Pao
Hui-Ling Liu	...	Ko Mei Mei
Sonja Jeannine	...	Donna / Dawn (International)
Diane Drube	...	Anna
Gillian Bray	...	Brenda
Tamara Elliot	...	Karin / Karen (International)
Deborah Ralls	...	Celia
Hsieh Wang	...	Pirate Leader Chao
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ti Ai	...	? (scenes deleted)
Tung-Kua Ai	...	Buys Brenda
Lap Ban Chan	...	Granny
Ping Chen	...	? (scenes deleted)
Han Chiang	...	Chao's guard
Yang Chiang	...	One-Eyed Dragon
Szu-Ying Chien

Storyline

Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.

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Plot Keywords:

sea serpent | skinning a snake | force feeding | impalement | sword fighting | 

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Taglines:

Virgin on the Ridiculous! Fantastic Chop Chop! Plenty Hanky Panky! Very Very Sexy!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Film was banned in Germany for a short period after its initial release but was re-released in a shorter, censored version later the same year.

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Connections

Featured in Trailer Trauma Part 4: Television Trauma (2017)

User Reviews

A Martial Arts Movie with Lots of Scantily Clad Women

This movie essentially begins with six European women being abducted while on their way to Australia by some Chinese pirates who intend to sell them in the sex-slave market. Once they get to the pirate stronghold one of the women resists and she is killed by the boss named "Chao" (Hsieh Wang). Fortunately for them a beautiful Chinese woman by the name of "Ko Mei Mei" (Hui-Ling Liu) helps calm them down at which point they reluctantly do as they are told. From here on the first half of the movie subsequently consists of the women being fondled--and almost raped on several occasions--with Ko Mei Mei always seeming to come to their rescue in the nick of time. Not only that, but she also has a brother named "Ko Pao" (Hua Yueh) who is intent on helping these women gain their freedom. However, in order to do that he has to bide his time and wait for the right moment. Realizing this, Ko Mei Mei proceeds to teach them a few kung fu moves to help them in preparation for the day when they will be sold in the slave market-and they become quite proficient very quickly. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a rather odd Chinese kung fu movie which was filmed in German and used English subtitles. As I mentioned earlier, it had a rather basic plot and mostly consisted of either scantily-clad women being groped or long scenes involving martial arts-or sometimes both at the same time. It also had some humor here and there as well. Yet even so, I honestly didn't think it was a very good picture and because of that I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

Details

Country:

Hong Kong West Germany

Language:

German English Mandarin

Release Date:

October 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bod Squad

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers, Rapid Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1