A Yakuza
boss discovers a lucrative way to make money when the gang's president
orders him to eliminate a cheating mistress. They take to girl to the
rooftop where they rape, torture and kill her while the big boss watches
from the window a nearby high-rise building. Besides making money by filming
and selling the entire spectacle, they also collect 'live-viewing' fees
from other office building spectators. Business is good. This gang also
conducts live S&M shows from the back of parked semitrucks where people
watch the grisly show from the comfort of their cars. The girls are hooked
on LSD to make them more receptive. But many clients complain that they
don't like it when the victims are drugged. As a result the gangsters
try to hide the drug intake from customers. One of the junkie girls steals
a recent rooftop tape, hoping to expose their operation and free herself
from the gangsters. Things don't go well for her and a taxidriver that
gets mixed-up
in her scheme.
This
lurid slice of S&M exploitation is a rare, early project from director
Yojiro Takita. He started his career with this type of erotica. But today
he is generally considered one of the best Japanese directors, winning
numerous Industry awards (especially for his ONMYOJI:
YING-YANG MASTER series). Shin Toho Studios produced a number
of these gritty sado-sexual movies in the '70s, employing talented young
directors, many of whom - like Yojiro Takita - became major mainstream
filmmakers in the later years. Others include Mamoru Watanabe (HOLY
VIRGIN BONDAGE), Seiji Izumi (ESCAPED
FEMALE PRISONERS), Kazuyuki Izutsu (PEARL
RAPE KILL) and Koji Wakamatsu (13
KILLINGS BY A SERIAL RAPIST).
A Japanese
film with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), uncut version (62
minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include
trailers.
Strong
Sexual Themes/Nudity/Sexual Brutality/S&M/Drugs
for Adult Audiences Only
