Product Description
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Widely considered to be the Absolute Best Japanese Exploitation
film!
Sex & Fury, one of the wildest, most violent,
just-plain-entertaining Japanese sexploitation pictures from the
1970s stars smoldering young 'pinky violence' actress Reiko Ike
(veteran of the Girl Boss aka Sukeban film series) as Ocho, a
gambler and pickpocket in Meiji Era Tokyo. After sheltering a
fleeing anarchist, Ocho encounters the three villains responsible
for her her's murder, and runs afoul of various yakuza who
want her dead. A European (beautiful Christina Lindberg, star
of Thriller - A Cruel Picture), whose sadistic diplomat boss has
his own nefarious plans, complicates matters. A riproaring action
saga filled with beautiful bodies, bloody play, and
psychedelic imagery -- all beautifully photographed in a number
of astonishing setpieces. Directed by Norifumi Suzuki (who
hered the Sukeban genre), Sex & Fury transcends the pop
culture realm to achieve genuine art. Followed by the outrageous
sequel, Female Yakuza Tale - Inquisition & Torture (also
available from Panik House), it's the best film you've never
seen!
Panik House is proud to present Sex & Fury: uncut, uncensored
and totally restored from the original vault elements. Available
for the first time anywhere on DVD!
SEX & FURY DVD Features
- Audio Commentary with Chris D., American Cinematheque film
programmer and author of the book Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film
- Norifumi Suzuki & Reiko Ike bios by Chris D.
- Christina Lindberg Bio and gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- and Still Galleries
- Production Notes
- Special Insert Sticker
- Optional English Subtitles
- Brand New 16x9 transfer with completely re-mastered video and
audio
- Special Packaging stunning transparent amaray and the first
10,000 units debut in a clear O-Sleeve
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Only twelve minutes into Sex & Fury, our badass heroine Ocho
(Reiko Ike) duels a dozen men in the snow with a samurai
--stark naked! You can bet Quentin Tarentino watched a lot
of "Pinky Violence" flicks as he was working on Kill Bill.
Ocho--gambler, pickpocket, and all-around babe--wants to avenge
the murder of her her. She picks up their trail after helping
a would-be anarchist assassin escape from the law, only to become
embroiled in political machinations with a Western badass
gambler/secret agent of dubious loyalty (Christina Lindberg,
Thriller: A Cruel Picture, a.k.a. They Call Her One-Eye). You'd
expect a movie like this to have a lot of lurid sequences but no
plot to speak of; the particular glory of Sex & Fury is that
lurid sequences abound--rape of a virgin, girl-on-girl action,
garish spurting blood, a squad of switch-blade-wielding nuns
(!)--and it has a coherent (if utterly preous) story. Ike,
star of similar movies like Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and
Torture and the Girl Boss series (all exemplary of the Japanese
"Pinky Violence" subgenre), is by turns vulnerable and tough as
nails. Her powerful presence lifts Sex & Fury above mere sadistic
kicks and gives it an actual emotional core, underscored with
psychedelic guitar. --Bret Fetzer