Sexy sword-fighter Beniko battles a pack of lecherous wolf-men in this "pinku eiga" version of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale.
Practical Effects
Gloriously cheap wolf-man costumes and goopy transformation effects.
Costume
Beniko's red hooded outfit is doing maximum heavy lifting.
Direction
Tomomatsu's gleeful commitment to the bit.
Director
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pinku eiga (pink film) was Japan's dominant exploitation genre from the 1960s-80s; by 2012 it's pure niche nostalgia.
Asami was already a Sushi Typhoon regular; this was one of four genre films she shot that year.
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