Meiko Kaji (Masako
Ota ? born in 1947) is a film and TV actress and a singer and something
of the ultimate
cultmovie actress. She debuted in 1965 at Nikkatsu studios and in
1970-1971 she exploded unto the Movie
scene with the 4 "Stray Cat Rock
(Nora neko rokku) movies about violence between criminal Youth gangs.
She also acted in Teruo Ishii's wild and unhinged Horror-Yakuza "Blind
Woman's Curse", and in 1972-1973
she became a Cult Movie immortal by acting in 4 (four) films as the
Lethal female Avenger Matsu Sasari or
Female Convict Scorpion
after Manga by Toru Shinohara. In this film she sings Urami Bushi
Song of Hate).
In 1973 it was time yet again to play the role as a Female Avenger,
now as the Swordswoman Yuki in the
politically subversive and anti-fascistic Lady
Snowblood (Shura Yukihime), with sequel Lady
Snowblood:
Love Song of Vengeance in 1974. She sang "Shura no hana
(Flower of Carnage" in the film, a song that the
Meiko Kaji Fan Quentin Tarantino then used in his Kill Bill film.
Yasuharu Hasebe (f.
1932) a Veteran of both Yakuza- as Pinky Violence movies, here delivers
a cool movie
within the Bosozoko - Sukeban genre,
that is films about criminal delinquency street gangs and with fights,
robberies and Rock'n Roll. Cool Female Girl Gang Action with a Japanese
Pop-Psychedelical angle to it.
Beautiful Meiko Kaji is Mako the Girl Gang leader and her boyfriend
is Baron, the leader of the Eagles gang.
Baron and his gang promotes racist violence against half-japanese
people, and when his atrocities are too
many and obvious to ignore Mako turns against him - meaning Gang War.
Singer and actress Meiko Kaji (and Quentin
Tarantino favourite) sings in the movie and also there's cool
pop music from the girl band "The Golden Half".
Film presented in anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1, japanese audio mono
with english subtitles. Extra: Trailer,
infosheet and a filmography.
Besides this film Yasahuru Hasebe directed two more Stray
Cat Rock movies, The also Cult movie labelled
Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion with Meiko
Kaji, and the ultra brutal, disturbing and sick (yuck!) Pinky film
"Assault! Jack the Ripper"