A ferry, a femme fatale, and a pipeline of missing girls—seventies exploitation cinema at its sleaziest.
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his ex-sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com- munity of such women. Yuko, now a bar proprietress, is under the protection of Tahei Daigo, a sinister gang boss who in his quest for chances of good investments abroad plans to offer young girls to rich foreigners. Asked to gather attractive girls by Yuko, now Tahei's puppet, Masaaki collects many only to find them mysteriously missing...
Cinematography
Inland Sea ferry setting creates genuine maritime noir atmosphere.
Acting
Kumi Mizuno's hollow-eyed desperation as trapped bar proprietress Yuko.
Director
Keiichi Ozawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Keiichi Ozawa spent his career in Toei's exploitation trenches, never breaking into mainstream respectability despite this film's atmospheric ambition.
The 'women's police' concept—male yakuza policing sex workers—reflects actual post-war Japanese underworld structures where pimps claimed protective authority over their stables.
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