Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell

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Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell
Modern Female Ninja Flesh Hell.jpg
Theatrical poster for Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell (1968)
Directed byKan Mukai[1]
Written byYutaka Sō[2]
Produced byKan Mukai
Starring
  • Kozue Katori
  • Mari Nagisa
Distributed by
  • Mukai Productions
  • Kanto Movies
Release date
October 1968
Running time
68 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell (現代くノ一肉地獄, Gendai Kunoichi Niku Jigoku) aka Inferno of the Flesh[3][4] is a 1968 Japanese pink film directed by Kan Mukai. It is in the part-color format which was used in pink films in the late 1960s and early 1970s before full-color was made standard with the introduction of Nikkatsu's Roman porno series.[1]

Synopsis[]

One member of a secret society of female ninjas in contemporary Tokyo is kidnapped by international slave traders. The other female ninjas set about rescuing her.[5]

Cast[]

  • Kozue Katori as Keiko (spy)[4][5]
  • Mari Nagisa as Akemi (spy)
  • Jōji Ōhara as Boss of female ninjas

Critical appraisal[]

Director Kan Mukai was known for both his sex-oriented pink films and for his adeptness with action. In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films the Weissers write that with Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell Mukai combined his talents for both genres into one film. They give the film three out of four stars, characterizing it as, "Tongue-in-cheek fun, combining some surprisingly vicious S&M sequences with campy female-ninja hijinx." One of the earlier films from Mukai's independent Mukai Studios, the Weissers speculate that this film may have been an inspiration for director 's popular (1991).[5]

Bibliography[]

English[]

  • Gendai kunoichi niku jigoku (1968) at IMDb
  • "GENDAI KUNOICHI NIKU JIGOKU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  • Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

Japanese[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b 現代くノ一肉地獄 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  2. ^ From film poster
  3. ^ Cowie, Peter (editor) (1977). "Japan". World Filmography 1967. London: Oak Tree Publications. p. 368. ISBN 0-498-01569-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "GENDAI KUNOICHI NIKU JIGOKU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 274. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
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