Thriller

Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Hirô Matsuda based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1973
Japanese title: Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya

Bird of Prey, Bird of Retaliation

Nami Matsushima (aka Sasori aka Scorpion) is loose in the city streets, continuing her frantic quest for freedom. Driven by her instinct for survival and desire to lead a normal life. Having fled from prison once again, she will now enter an urban world of crime & prostitution, while being hunted down by a one-armed cop out for revenge.

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Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Shunya Ito, Fumio Konami and Hirô Matsuda, based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1972
Japanese title: Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô

Surreal Female Convicts’ Road trip!

A year has passed since Nami’s last imprisonment. A year she spent in complete solitude, deep down between the walls of an isolated dungeon. A year of torture, rape & humilation. But her spirit is not broken yet. When a prominent figure arrives to inspect the prison facility, Nami sees another opportunity to attempt another break-out. And this time, she’s not alone…

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Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Fumio Konami, Hirô Matsuda based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1972
Japanese title: Joshuu 701-gô: Sasori

W.I.P without dull clichés and stereotypes

In love with a corrupt police detective, Nami (Meiko Kaji) foolishly agrees to infiltrate the Yakuza. Things go very wrong. Betrayed, battered and bruised, she ends up in a violent prison environment with only one thing left on her mind… Revenge.

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Director: Dominik Moll
Writer: Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand (poem “Un poignard en peau de nuit” by Francis Villain)
Release year: 2000

Never trust a helping hand

This film had been on my to-see list ever since it came out. I can gladly say that it perfectly fulfilled my expectations. The only advice I can give, is to not expect to be overwhelmed by the time the film ends. Though things get pretty demented at times, the ways of this film are strangely subtle & sinisterly humorous. If you’ve enjoyed Michael Haneke‘s Funny Games (1997), then you should not hesitate to see this French film too.

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Director: Pål Sletaune
Writer: Pål Sletaune
Release Year: 2005
English Title: Next Door

Wild kinky fun with the sexy girls next door.

John is having a hard time with his girlfriend Ingrid leaving him. When his neighbor Anne shows up in his hallway, asking for a helping hand in her apartment, John also meets her sister Kim. The two girls will offer John the kind of distraction he wasn’t exactly anticipating…

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