Hiroko Ichijo
is a descendent of royalty; her ancestors were the original judges
of the ancient Japanese Inquisition. Today, in modern Tokyo, Hiroko
has an underground company called Japan Inquisition Inc. Essentially,
she and her assistants capture criminals, mostly thieves and embezzlers,
and torture them until they reveal the whereabouts of their stolen
loot. Hiroko is amassing her fortune in hopes that, one day, she can
buy a castle and live in grandeur with her trusted teammates. She
is also a lesbian who pleasures herself constantly with a perky female
assistant. Most of the film deals with the gang's attempt to break
a self-assured bank manager who has snatched a million dollars from
his company. The inquisitors torture both him and his girlfriend until
he finally surrenders the combination to his safety deposit box.
Director Gaira
incorporates his affinity for splatter, S&M, black humor, sex
and melodrama (this film is considered another entry in his splatter-eros
series, preceded by his ENTRAILS
OF A VIRGIN and ENTRAILS
OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN) but it can be recommended for acquired
tastes only. Some viewers will be offended by the surprisingly graphic
sex scenes, while others will be nauseated by the casual stream of
on-screen brutality (which includes dismemberment, ripping off toenails,
yanking out teeth, to mention only a few of the atrocities). However,
the campy script does manage to cushion the meanspirited scenes, ever
so slightly.
Incidentally,
director Kazuo Komizu is credited as the first Japanese filmmaker
to make a movie about zombies in that country with BATTLE
GIRL: LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY.
A Japanese
film with English subtitles; original widescreen format (16:9), uncut
(70 min.),
in DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC, playable on any American DVD machine;
Extras include selected trailers
Graphic
Violence/Sexual
Brutality/Torture/Rape/Drugs:
For Adult Audiences Only
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