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Hung, just wondering if your copy of Blind Woman’s Curse came with an insert/booklet becuse mine did’nt.
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lets see… nope, nothing inside.
This comes out of nowhere: Kino is apparently releasing four Masaru Konuma (Nikkatsu) films November 6, 2007. The titles are:
Wife to Be Sacrificed (Ikenie fujin) (生贄夫人) (1974) (+ Sadistic and Masochistic documentary (2000))
Tattooed Flower Vase (Kashin no irezumi: ureta tsubo) (花芯ã
The Japanese are importing R1 Horrors of Malformed Men dvds:
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I’ve noticed some yahoo japan auctions sellers are doing bloody good business by selling Panik House’s R1 dvds for 4000+ yen. I saw Malformed Men there too, also well above 4000 yen… and with more than one bid.
After being so impressed with the Miki Sugimoto vs Reiko Ike cd I immediately ordered the next of Hotwax’s treasure collections: Sukeban Guerilla (女番長ゲリラ: ã‚„ã
it’s not as good as reiko ike sings? looks pretty good anyway. where did you find it and how much did you pay for it??
Miki Sugimoto vs Reiko Ike > Reiko Ike no miryoku > Sukeban Guerilla
HMV japan. They’ve got killer shipping rates (1500 yen, try to order more than one item for better value) but I don’t know any other options. Cdjapan doesn’t stock these, amazon can go to hell with their new DHL policy and yesasia only has random Hotwax stuff (and often hard to find… it’s best changing the language to japanese and search with the original title to see if they’ve got it, and then change back to english and start guessing how they spell the title in romanji)
EDIT: oh right, the price: 2500
Miki Sugimoto vs Reiko Ike cd is reviewed one or two pages back
fantastic, thanks
[i]This November, Synapse Films goes Pinky – Pinky Violence, that is – and proudly unveils the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS female swordplay series. THE THREE-VOLUME SAGA OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SWORDSWOMAN ON A BLOODY TRAIL OF SAVAGE REVENGE. ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT REVENGE TRILOGIES EVER MADE! THE BLOOD-SOAKED MODEL FOR THE PINKY VIOLENCE EXPLOSION OF THE 1970s!
Connected only by their theme of a beautiful young swordswoman who’s wronged, then seeks bloody revenge on her oppressors, the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series was produced at Toei Studios in the late 1960s, only a few years before the studio revolutionized the Japanese film industry with their “true-lifeâ€
Excellent R2J Nikkatsu thread:
http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=2116
R2J Nikkatsu relase dvd listing (in japanese)
http://www12.ocn.ne.jp/~nacky/roman/romanxx.html
Interesting japanese Nikkatsu website:
http://www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com
Quality cover arts for the upcoming R1 Nikkatsu titles:
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Tokugawa onna keizu (1968)
Tokugawa onna keizu was released is 1968, just when director Teruo Ishii had had it with all decency. The audience was requesting for more daring content and Toei was more than willing offer it. Ishii’s transform into a smut master however was two-part, and and the second half wouldn’t be complited until later the same year with Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi (The Joy of Torture). Despite the mysterious ’18’ rating Tokugawa onna keizu is a thoroughly unshocking piece of exploitation cinema, not least because of the complete lack any sort of violence, save for one stabbing and some â€
Love and Crime (Menji, taisho, showa ryoki onna hanzaishi) (1969)
The graphic, maybe even slightly shocking introduction scene of Love and Crime is set in a mortuary. Naked body of a young woman is lying on a table, waiting for an autopsy. A doctor arrives, puts on his gloves and begins his work. Opening credits roll next to the blood spilling images.
What we see during the first few minutes of Teruo Ishii’s Love and Crime is almost like a celluloid depiction of the changes that were taking place in Japanese cinema in the late 60’s. Movie studios were losing their audiences to the television and had to come up with new strategies to attract people into cinemas. Sex, violence and directors like Ishii would be the answer. Starting with his Tokugawa series (kicking off with Tokugawa onna keizu in 1968) Ishii went looking for the limits, seeing how far the studio would allow him to go.
Love and Crime was released in 1969, the year when Ishii directed no less than eight feature length movies. He made brief visits to Nikkatsu studios in form of the Rising Dragon series (which concluded in 1970 with the Meiko Kaji starring Blind Woman’s Curse) but all of his Toei films fell strictly under the exploitation banner. Love and Crime follows the structure of Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi (The Joy of Torture) (1968) by telling several short stories of love, passion and violence, all narrated by Ishii veteran Teruo Yoshida (Inferno of Torture, Yakuza’s Law).
The first story, which is also my favourite of the bunch, is a dark horror tale set in the early 1960’s. It follows a married woman (Aoi Mitsuko) who hooks up with a young man (Takashi Fujiki) and together they go for a killing spree. The characters are rather interesting and Ishii’s directing is captivating. He doesn’t hurry too much and allows some moody scenes. The use of music, and also the lack of it in certain scenes, creates nice old school horror movie atmosphere. The classic murder weapon, axe, is also used to a memorable effect.
In the second episode Ishii re-imagines the famous, often adapted Abe Sada story, later made familiar to international audiences by Nagisa Oshima in Ai no corrida (Real of the Senses) (1976). Ishii’s take unfortunately suffers in comparison because of the limited running time. The likes of Oshima, Tanaka (Jitsuroku Abe Sada) and Obayashi (Sada) would have the full running time for â€
Finally something is actually happening in the news front: Yoen dokufu-den (Legends of the Poisonous Seductress) caps, trailers, maybe reviews (I don’t know, I don’t see any reason to spoil my upcoming movie experiences by reading too much or watching trailers):
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And now big fucking news: Exploitation Digital will be releasing Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams on R1 in January.
Blossoming Night Dreams ([url=<URL url=“ずべ公番長 夢は夜ひらく”>ずべ公番長 夢は夜ひらく</URL>]ã
Yoen dokufu-den reviews:
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I’ve got these sweeties on pre-order.
Exploitation Digital banzai. Ok, their transfers leave a lot to be desired, but at least they are releasing some sweet movies.
Norifumi Suzuki’s Girl Boss Revenge, which appears to be some sort of re-titling of Sukeban (1973), is coming in February 2008. It’s the fourth part in the series. The film stars Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Ema Ryoko, Emi Shiro, Tatsuo Endo, Nobuo Kaneko and Bin Amatsu.
Thanks for Al Edwards for posting the news at dvdmaniacs.
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Exploitation Digital banzai. Ok, their transfers leave a lot to be desired, but at least they are releasing some sweet movies.
Norifumi Suzuki’s Girl Boss Revenge, which appears to be some sort of re-titling of Sukeban (1973), is coming in February 2008. It’s the fourth part in the series. The film stars Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Ema Ryoko, Emi Shiro, Tatsuo Endo, Nobuo Kaneko and Bin Amatsu.
Thanks for Al Edwards for posting the news at dvdmaniacs.
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Ah I love that Sukeban movie! its the only one I have seen in the series but it was really good and entertaining, do you know if the other ones in the serie will get a release? ;D
Hopefully some day. Possibly never.
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