BLIND WOMAN'S CURSE (1970) 怪談昇り竜 directed by Teruo Ishii Production: Nikkatsu Distribution = Dainichi Utsuhai June 20, 1970 85 minutes Fujicolor Cinemascope Meiko Kaji as Akemi Tachibana Hoki Tokuda as Aiko Gouda Makoto Sato as Tani Shouichi Toru Abe as Dobashi Shiro Otsuji as Senba-tatsu Before Lady Snowblood and before Female Prisoner Scorpion movies - in fact, around the time she was first getting noticed in the Stray Cat Rock series, SOMEONE had already figured out that the soft spoken, demure Meiko Kaji had an onscreen intensity about her that was suited for the oncoming stylistic shift in Japanese cinema. (Meiko Kaji) Blind Woman's Curse is the story of Akemi (Meiko Kaji) who has assumed the role of her father's crime organization in pre-modern Japan. While fighting a rival clan, she accidently blind's the leader's sister. She notices a stray black cat lapping up the blood from it - cursing her... (Meiko Kaji ) After getting out of prison, she tries to tak...
HANZO the RAZOR: The SNARE (1973)
御用牙 かみそり半蔵地獄責め
directed by Yasuzo Masumura
Production: Toho Studio
Aug 11, 1973
89 minutes Cinemascope
Aug 11, 1973
89 minutes Cinemascope
Shintaro Katsu as Hanzo the Razor
Akira Nishimura as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
The second Hanzo movie, bringing back all of the samurai sword fights, corrupt public officials, crazy hidden weapons, and Hanzo’s special ‘torture'.
This time around though, we also get a bald, naked preistess, weird ritual abortions, sex trafficking, gangs of thieves - as the corruption goes higher up the ladder, so does the perversion.
But strangely enough, some of the best scenes in these movies is still Hanzo’s complete disrespect for any sort of authority. EVERYONE is corrupt in the system, and Hanzo sees right through it and snubbs his nose at their ‘codes of honor’ and rules of upholding the law. If everyone is on the take, how are they going to preach to HIM about right and wrong? Classic.
As UN-politically correct as it can be from before that was even a concept.
The second Hanzo movie, bringing back all of the samurai sword fights, corrupt public officials, crazy hidden weapons, and Hanzo’s special ‘torture'.
This time around though, we also get a bald, naked preistess, weird ritual abortions, sex trafficking, gangs of thieves - as the corruption goes higher up the ladder, so does the perversion.
But strangely enough, some of the best scenes in these movies is still Hanzo’s complete disrespect for any sort of authority. EVERYONE is corrupt in the system, and Hanzo sees right through it and snubbs his nose at their ‘codes of honor’ and rules of upholding the law. If everyone is on the take, how are they going to preach to HIM about right and wrong? Classic.
As UN-politically correct as it can be from before that was even a concept.
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