ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Only twelve minutes into "Sex And Fury", our badass heroine Ocho (Reiko Ike) duels a dozen men in the snow with a samurai sword, stark naked! You can bet Quentin Tarantino 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 father. 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", AKA "They Call Her One-Eye"). The particular glory of "Sex And Fury" is that lurid sequences abound. Rape of a virgin, girl-on-girl action, garish spurting blood, and a squad of switch-blade-wielding nuns! 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 And Fury" above mere sadistic kicks and gives it an actual emotional core, underscored with psychedelic guitar. Directed by Norifumi Suzuki ("School Of The Holy Beast", "Star Of David"), "Sex And Fury" transcends the pop culture realm to achieve genuine art. |
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