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Plot Summary:
Agent Zero (Miki Sugimoto) is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 961
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
Plot Summary:
Reiko Ike stars as 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 Reiko 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 (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko 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 Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult film
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Prisoner Maria: The Movie (1995)
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Convicted of killing the drug dealer who murdered her husband, Maria is blackmailed into serving as a covert assassin. She must do the government's bidding if she is ever to regain her freedom, or her son. With each completed mission, her sentenced is further re- duced. Yet, with every job she feels further away from her goal of a peaceful life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
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A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, tragic ending, cult film
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Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. The foul foursome embark on a savage rape, murder, and robbery spree. Vitali even abducts and defiles frightened hapless lass Giuliana Caroli. Meanwhile, rugged police inspector Giulio Santini is determined to bag the despicable Vitali.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, grindhouse, slasher, cult classic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Sex and Fury (1973)
Plot Summary:
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, sensual, bloody, disturbing, controversial, crime drama, cult classic, action thriller, exciting
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
Plot Summary:
After being cruelly set up by a crooked detective named Sugimi (Isao Natsuyagi), whom she loved, Nami Matsushima (aka Matsu the Scorpion) (Meiko Kaji) is sentenced to do hard time in a women's prison, which is run by sadistic and horny male guards. There are 700 other prisoners, making Matsu number 701. Her crime was making a failed attempt to stab Sugimi on the steps of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters because he used her to win favor with the Yakuza. While in prison she meets inmates like Yuki Kida (Yayoi Watanabe) who was committed for fraud and theft, Otsuka (Akemi Negishi), jailed for burglary and extortion, and Katagiri (Rie Yokoyama) who has been impounded for arson and illegally disposing of a body.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, erotic, slasher, manga, crime drama, cult classic
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 920
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
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Terry is a tough mercenary and a master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family's blood-feud with Terry over a disputed debt.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, bloody, cult classic, stylized, controversial, crime drama, perverse, exciting, rough, serious
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, cult classic, bloody, disturbing, controversial, action thriller
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: bloody, neo noir, art house, hood, crime drama, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying
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The Bodyguard (1973)
Plot Summary:
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
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Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 873
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Votes: 18000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 392
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 334
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Country: USA
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