The box set is nice (pink of course) and not too big. It opens like a book and carries 4 dvds, a cd and a 26 page booklet written by Chris D. The booklet is decent but hardly great. Chris D goes though the movies and the series they are a part of (spoiling the endings almost every film) and writes something about the genre’s history. If you’ve read his liner notes on the Panik House dvds then there isn’t much new in this booklet. It’s should still be useful for those not very familiar with the genre and not afraid of spoilers.
The audio cd is called Reiko Ike no miryoku and features 15 tracks of singing and, uhm, moaning by Reiko Ike, apparently recorded in 1971 (not in the mid 70’s like Panik House claims). While some of the content wasn’t exactly to my liking (thanks to the moaning) I found some of the later track pretty good. The opening track also gets better every time I hear it. The ideal way to experince this music would’ve been back in early 70’s alone in a small shabby hotel room in Tokyo in the middle of the night with the lights off. Or that’s at least the image that comes to my head when listening to the cd.
The inclution of the cd is great of course but there’s some issues. First of all, it was apparently not licensed, and secondly, it was sourced from a cassette tape. Track listing is also nowhere to be found, and the liner notes feature mistakes as mentioned before. Official japanese cd release titled ’Koukotsu no Sekai’ should feature the same content, and should be an improvement on all areas. The liner notes are even in english (as well as in japanese). Read more here: <LINK_TEXT text=“http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?s … c=98&st=40”>http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=98&st=40</LINK_TEXT>
pictures of the box set:
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In the second picture you can see the back side of the cd, weirdly placed inside a cardboard ’page’. The fourth dvd is under Girl Boss Guerilla dvd. There’s two separete disc holders (like you see in the first pick) but you can’t see the one underneath from this angle. Overall a stylish looking and convenient box set that doesn’t take too much space.
Here’s two stolen pictures of the japanese cd release ’Koukotsu no Sekai’
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Hah! I wasn´t all convinced before…I wanna buy this now!!!
Thanks for the reviews mikko!
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No Dice, still no Onsen mimizu geisha dvd but I found answers to some of our questions.
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Isn’t the correct year 1972, not 1971?
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The correct released date is 3rd of July, 1971
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I could look for it if you can give me the japanese title (in japanese).
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The japanese title is 温泉ã
Rica R1 news from dvdmaniacs
[QUOTE=STEVEIGNORANT]First review:
http://www.tohokingdom.com/dvd/rica_mb.htm[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=C.L. James]For the record Xploited has this already in stock![/QUOTE]
The official release date is August 14. Now I’m tempted, even if xploited is 4$ more expensive than dvdpacific…
Fans of Miki and Reiko (and pinky violence in general) might be interested in Hotwax’s Miki Sugimoto vs. Reiko Ike (æ
[color=red][size=100][size=100]Brothers,
Please Help. Where can I download Pinku Eiga Films like The dream of Garuda and Castle Orgies, for free. Please help. [/size][/size]
[size=80][i]Post edited. Sorry for the cold welcome but I will remove anything that encourages into bootlegging, file sharing etc.
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Stop downloading movies and buy them instead. Both are available on R1 dvd, and unless I’m totally mistaken (which is possible, identifying this film wasn’t easy) Castle Orgies is also available remasted from Nikkatsu:
CDJapan :
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Rica 2:Lonely Wanderer-10/30
http://www.navarre.com/prodhome.aspx?ItemNumber=2226669
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[quote=“Discotek Media / dvdmaniacs”]We’ve got some Pinky Violence to announce soon…[/quote]
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Good news. Hopefully something not yet available on R2J
btw, I just ordered the two Teruo Ishii pinky violence dvds missing from my collection; Tokugawa onna keizu and Love & Crime
Hung Fist, is there any chance for a “Porno jidaigeki - Bohachi bushido”-Release with subs?
Ah, fuck, don’t bother to answer. Just a rhetorical question anyway. :-</E>
By the way, my Pinky Violence Top 5 goes like this:
- Sex and Fury
- Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
- Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture
- Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
- School of the holy Beast
Covers for Toei’s September Norifumi Suzuki releases:
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And trailers, too:
http://www.toei-video.co.jp/trailer/
Found this nice website with some good posters
OneSheetIndex.com : Movie Posters, Cast, Synopsis, Authentication
Sukeban Blues : Mesubachi no Gyakusyu (1971)
Rica is bloody fantastic. Go buy now. I’ll see if I have time to write something about it later.
Yoen Dokufu Den films are coming 13.11.2007, now called Legends of the Poisonous Seductress series. This one one of those Panik House → Synapse releases:
Yoen Dokufu Den : Hannya no Ohyaku; aka Sexy Deadly Legend: Female Demon Ohyaku
Yoen Dokufu Den : Hitokiri Okatsu; aka Sexy Deadly Legend: Quickdraw Okatsu
Yoen Dokufu Den : Okatsu Kyojo Tabi; aka Sexy Deadly Legend: Okatsu’s Epic Journey
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How fucking awesome is that poster! :o :o
Rica (Konketsuji Rika) (1972)
Toho’s take on the Toei dominated bad girl genre doesn’t open so good. There’s certain off putting elements (related to pregnancy) and the shiny visuals of their competitor are nowhere to be found. I was already missing Toei’s iconic pinky violence queens. But I changed my mind real fast. 15 minutes in and I had realized Rica is a fucking fusion of great genre elements. It may not have the glossy look but but it’s got plenty of kick and ass. It’s mean, violent, fun and sounds good. Just like our lovely heroine, Rica.
Rika Aoki is something different from the usual genre stars. Her character is young and so is she. Toei stars like Reiko Ike and Miki Sugimoto were barely legal when they entered the business but they both looked and acted older. They were also more distant, more movie star kind of personalities. Rika on the other hand feels more like a real life girl. She displays more energy, less gloss and some great teen angst. You could argue she’s got lesser looks than her Toei sisters but in fact that made me like her even more. She’s far more approachable and she’s got more real eroticism that Miki and Reiko put together. Double the effect if you got a thing for school girls.
And lets not forget the final knock down; she sings in the movie. And she sings well, better than most genre stars. Her singing is included as a minor sub-plot (that won’t develop anywhere) which is good example of the movie’s structure. Appart from the firm backstory (rare in the genre) the plot is pretty much non-existent but the storyline makes great use of different elements from several sub-genres, mostly girl gang and high school films. You probably won’t notice the lack of actual plot until during the second half, which is a bit less wild than the first. The ending however is so damn cool that it’s easy to forgive. Besides, after the satisfying finale we’re treated with one of the coolest ending credits sequences I of the 70’s.
The R1 dvd release by Media Blasters’ sister company Exploitation Digital isn’t too bad. There’s a problem with pixelization in some scenes, and the sharp and grainy presentation doesn’t make it any less noticable. It bothered be a bit in the beginning, so I turned sharpness down by a bit which gave the image a more solid look. The transfer is also interlaced. Other than those problems this is very good job with minimal edge enhancement and excellent colours. No problems with sharpness or contrast levels either. Overall very acceptable presentation on smaller screens but I don’t know if this is gonna fare well on bigger screens. Extras feature a nice photo gallery, original trailers for the Rica series plus bonus trailers. The subtitle colour is yellow.
Anyone got any info on Rika Aoki please let me know. My backgroud search returned zero information. I don’t even know when she was born. All I know is that she did three Rica films at Toho plus Yakuza gakusei (with Sugawara) at Toei, and apparently left the movie business at the end of the 70’s. Judging by her jaw dropping club scenes in Rica I suspect she may have a discography of some sort (other than just movie music). And please don’t confuse her with the port star of the same name. That bitch kept messing by attempts to find any proper info.
[quote]With both ’Snake Woman’s Curse‘ and ’Horrors of Malformed Men‘ finally set to hit the shelves at the end of August ‘07, the date for the next three of the Panik House / Synapse Pinky Violence releases is confirmed as November 13th. This time around it’s a set and not, as might also happen, a trio of individual releases, with the series now being titled ’Legend of the Poisonous Seductress‘ - the cover for the first of the films, ’Female Demon Ohyaku‘, can be see here on the left - after having been previously revealed to have been translated as ’Sexy Deadly Legend : Female Demon Ohyaku‘.[/quote]
- Source:
www.twitchfilm.net
and
[quote]After the three Legends films, Synapse will take a break from classic Japanese cinema until next spring, when the final (so far!) Toei titles will come out, but it’s a pair worth waiting for: Meiko Kaji’s debut films for Toei Studios following her departure from the Stray Cat Rock series at Nikkatsu: the Wandering Ginza Butterfly films (Gincho wataridori and Gincho nagaremono). But more on those some other day…[/quote]
Covers for the rest of the Yoen dokufu-den (Legends of the Poisonous Seductress) dvds:
http://www.amazon.com/
Hana to hebi (Flower and Snake) (1974)
Media Blasters does an heroic job by finally bringing some Nikkatsu to US markets. Appart from Artsmagic’s Angel Guts box set don’t think there’s any official releases available. MB’s choise of title is not a very surprising one; Masaru Konuma’s original 1974 Hana to hebi. The new generation Flower and Snake films by Takashi Ishii were already released on dvd so it’s time to move back to the famous original. As the dvd case states; â€