This film begins with several peasants in a small village being killed for withholding a certain percentage of their crops from their samurai masters. It's during this time that a mysterious woman named "Rui" (Reiko Oshida) appears and helps one particular female peasant escape into a nearby dwelling. Although the samurai continue to pursue her, they immediately cease their activities when they are confronted by a beautiful woman by the name of "Okatsu" (Junko Miyazono). It is then revealed that Okatsu has captured the lustful attention of their superior "Shiozaki" (Kenji Imai) and realizing this they respectfully back down so as not to incur his anger. Things change, however, after Okatsu's brother, "Rintaro" (Masaomi Kondo) loses a substantial sum of money at a nearby gambling den owned by Shiozaki who then threatens to kill Okatsu's father "Makabe" (Ko Nishimura) unless Okatsu agrees to become his concubine. When she hesitates, Shiozaki has Makabe killed and then rapes Okatsu during the process. He then imprisons Okatsu and after a couple of days gives her until sundown to accept his ultimatum or be killed. Meanwhile, a wounded Rintaro manages to escape with his wife "Saki" (Yukie Kagawa) to the house of an old family friend named "Jinkuro" (Harumi Sone) where he thinks they will be safe. What he doesn't realize is that Jinkuro's wife "Okiwa" (Junko Toda) is an extremely evil person and-thinking that Okatsu has already been killed by Shiozaki-- easily convinces Jinkuro to kill Rintaro and sell Saki to a house of prostitution. Needless to say, it comes as quite a surprise to Okiwa when a visibly tired Okatsu appears on her doorstep looking for her brother. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, other than the main character (Junko Miyazono), this film bears very little relationship to its predecessor. They're totally different. To further elaborate, the first movie, "Ohyaku-the Female Demon" was filmed in black-and-white and focused more heavily on drama while the second was filmed in color and is much more action-oriented. Likewise, the overall plot from the first film doesn't correspond in any way to the second movie either. Interestingly enough, however, they both manage to entertain fairly well in spite of their differences and I have rated this particular movie accordingly. Slightly above average.
