Saturday, October 11, 2008

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
Director: Atsushi Mihori
Starring: Reiko Ike, Miki Sugimoto
Personal Rating: 5/5


"Reiko Ike stars as Maki, the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Maki is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Maki reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Maki works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance."

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