Member Dragon Ma Posted September 27, 2015 Member Share Posted September 27, 2015 I did a massive write-up of these films on my filmblog and it was interesting to watch this series evolve from Stray Cat Rock to Delinquent Girl Boss to the Girl Boss series with Reiko Ike and Miki Sugimoto. I'm currently at work on doing a followup on the Reiko Ike/ Miki Sugimoto era. Is anyone a fan of these movies? https://cinematichorizons.wordpress.com/2015/07/25/stray-cats-delinquent-girls-the-first-wave-of-pink-violence-films/ It's also interesting to see how the films get more sleazy and violent as they go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted September 27, 2015 Member Share Posted September 27, 2015 Great write up. I love the Delinquent Girl Boss series as well. It's been almost a decade since I last saw most of them, though I rewatched Worthless to Confess last year. It's my favourite in the series. I quite like the 3rd movie as well, and well, the first one too. Heck, the second one isn't so bad either I used to be in love with Reiko Oshida when I was younger I always liked the fact that she didn't need to take her clothes off to win the audience (although she did do that a decade later). The Takakura film the girls are watching in Worthless to Confess is actually the 8th movie in the Abashiri Prison series, Duel at 30 Below Zero (1967), if I recall correctly. It's one of my favourites in the series. As for Stray Cat Rock, I like the series although I'm more of a Toei guy myself. The 3rd and 4th are my favourites, though I feel a bit bad for Fujita. He was a good director, and his films are not bad, but they are not his best work, and a lot of people dislike them simply because they aren't wild girl gang movies. He was always more interested in youth films and social commentary. It's ironic he's internationally best known for Lady Snowblood: the most atypical film he ever made. In Japan he's best known for youth dramas, with So Soft, So Cunning (1979) being probably his most popular movie. Personally I think his best film is Female Delinquent: A Docu-Drama (1977). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Dragon Ma Posted September 28, 2015 Author Member Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah, I wasn't that impressed with Fujita's films, I skipped Beat '71 entirely. I think Sex Hunter is the best film in the Stray Cat Rock series, so much to unpack in that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted September 30, 2015 Member Share Posted September 30, 2015 Just added this feature, which is a compilation of all the reviews in the Stray Cat Rock series: http://www.cityonfire.com/a-look-inside-arrow-videos-the-stray-cat-rock-collection-blu-ray/ Hope you guys check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted September 30, 2015 Member Share Posted September 30, 2015 ^you don't have to ask me twice cupcake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted October 1, 2015 Member Share Posted October 1, 2015 ^you don't have to ask me twice cupcake. When you call me cupcake, I can't help but think of a creamy filling (if you know what i mean) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Dragon Ma Posted October 3, 2015 Author Member Share Posted October 3, 2015 I finished the followup article on the Reiko Ike/Miki Sugumoto era. It's quite long and some of the clips probably should include trigger warnings, but I'd love to hear your feedback, I do love this trashy exploitation series. Reiko is the Japanese Pam Grier. https://cinematichorizons.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/girl-boss-blues-the-second-wave-of-pink-violence-films/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted October 5, 2015 Member Share Posted October 5, 2015 I've been meaning to watch the Sukeban films again. It's been a long time since I last saw them. While I don't think the series really contains any masterpieces, I recall it being consistently good; there's not a bad entry in the series.Just a few notes about the terminology. The films Nikkatsu was making at the time were called Roman Porno, not Roman Pinku Eiga, which sounds a bit funny and is a term that certainly doesn't exist. Actually, when Nikkatsu launched their nationwide Roman Porno retrospectives a few years ago they made a big deal about Roman Porno not being Pinku Eiga (in reality it's a bit more complex, but that's Nikkatsu's official stand).Toei's bad girl films are nowadays known as Pinky Violence, not Pink Violence, which agian sounds like something related to pink films. The term "pink film" or "pinku eiga" is admittedly used in a very ambiguous way, but technically speaking it should refer to sex films made by small independent studios with a minimum sex scene quota and a running time of approx 60 minutes. Toei's movie, especially pinky violence, doesn't really have anything to do with that.I believe the term Pinky Violence was coined by J Taro Sugisaku in the late 90s. Prior to that the genre didn't really have a name. It was sometimes just referred as Toei Porno, which contained all these sub-categories such as Sukeban films and Female Prisoner series and Toei New Porno etc. Pinky Violence is still a rather loosely defined genre, but generally it's seen to include the late 60s eroguro films by Teruo Ishii, and the 70s girl gang films, and related films, by Toei. If I recall correctly Sugisaku also listed films like Tokugawa Sex Ban (1972) and Story of a Nymphomaniac (1975) under the Pinky Violence banner, even though those films pretty much lack the violence aspect, so it's a bit confusing indeed.As for Ike being 16 when the first Sukeban film was made (release date: October 27, 1971), I think she was actually 17. Suzuki mentioned she was 16 when she starred in Onsen mimizu geisha about 4 months earlier (release date: July 3, 1971). She had already done nude modelling before that as she had lied her age and she looked older than she was. It was for the release of Onsen mimizu geisha that Suzuki and producer Kenji Amao apparently fabricated a "new official birth date" of May 24 1953 for her in order to be able to release the film. I can't find entirely reliable information about her real birthday, but some sources suggest May 24 1954 or June 24 1954. One of these is likely to be correct.And a couple of small mistakes:- Criminal Woman: Killing Melody wasn't directed by Suzuki.- The director of the 6th film is Ikuo Sekimoto, not Isuo SekimotoI'm enjoying these articles very much. Gonna do Terrifying Girl's High School next?And just wondering, have you seen Nikkatsu's Girls' Junior High School series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Dragon Ma Posted October 6, 2015 Author Member Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thanks for the corrections, much appreciated. I already reviewed the film's in the Panik House Pinky Violence set which included Criminal Woman: Killing Melody, Terrifying High School Girls: Lynch Law Classroom, Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess & Girl Boss: Guerilla on my blog, they can be found under the month of January 2014, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Gaijin84 Posted January 13, 2017 Member Share Posted January 13, 2017 Junko Natsu doesn't get mentioned much as being the main girl antagonist in Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams, she was great. Amazing look as well - glad they put her in Bad Girl Mako, would love to see that film subbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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