She learned to kill in Italy. Now she's serving revenge ice-cold in Tokyo.
After her beloved brother is killed, Kaori Haruna vows to avenge his brother and joins an Italian terrorist group. There, she learns all sorts of killing techniques before returning to Japan. At one point, she seduces men with her voluptuous body. Yabuki Joji falls in love with her and becomes obsessed with her, even risking his career as a detective. However, when Kaori turns into a ruthless sniper and fires her silenced gun, the curtain rises on a bloody tale of revenge...
Acting
Sawako Kitahara commits to deranged melodrama like her rent depends on it.
Practical Effects
Gloriously fake blood and that silenced pistol sound effect.
Costume
Kaori's revenge wardrobe is pure 90s femme fatale camp.
Director
Taikei Kitabata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
V-cinema (direct-to-video Japanese films of the 90s) was a wild west where yakuza, horror, and softcore collided—this sits right in that sweet spot.
Director Taikei Kitabata was a prolific V-cinema workhorse; this was one of three films he released in 1993 alone.
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