Madame O | Zoku akutokui: Joi-hen (1967)

Madame O | Zoku akutokui: Joi-hen (1967)
Directed by Seiichi Fukuda
AVI, DivX, 704x300, 1012 kbps | MP3, 128 kbps, 2 ch | 01:20:40 | 672 Mb
Country: Japan | Language: English (Dubbed) | Genre: Cult, Classics

An esteemed Japanese doctor leads a violent double life in director Seiichi Fukuda's audacious pinky violence classic. Seiko (Michiko Aoyama) was just sixteen years old when three grown men ravaged her and left her for dead. Left pregnant and infected with syphilis in the wake of that violent attack, Seiko did her best to move beyond that fateful trauma by becoming a highly respected doctor. But no amount of career success can suppress the fury that has been building in Seiko over the years, and when night falls over the city she prowls the streets like a huntress in search of prey. It's all so easy too, because the men always seem to fall directly into her deadly trap. Seiko's weapon is sex, and she wields her weapon like a surgeon wields their scalpel. As long as there are men to be made suffer, Seiko will oblige. . . until she finally meets the man of her dreams, that is. Later, when Seiko settles down and gets married, her life finally starts to change for the better. Unfortunately for Seiko, her outwardly perfect new husband (Arihiko Kaminara) has a few dark secrets of his own. ~ by Jason Buchanan, AMG

Review:

Madame O is a curious pre-cursor to the wave of female-driven "Pinky Violence" films that were popular in Japan during the 1970's. Although it has several of that genre's elements -- an emphasis on sex, a bit of torture and a female hero who takes on a 'masculine' aggressiveness towards the men around her --it actually has more in common with noir films. In fact, the film's periodic shifts to moody black and white photography, the frequently nihilistic narration of the heroine and the tragic romance that comes to drive the story give it a highly noir-ish feel. Lead actress Michiko Aoyama's performance has the right chilly grandeur to fit the noir feel, creating a character that is all ice on the surface and emotionally barren on the inside. Director Seiichi Fukuda handles the material's erotic and brutal extremes with skill but gives the film a surprisingly subdued mood overall, focusing more on the psychology of its characters and etching out the bleak mood of the world they inhabit. "Pinky Violence" fans accustomed to the hyperbolic excesses of films like Sex & Fury might find Madame O too moody and restrained but the unique blending of genres makes Madame O worth a look to any adventurous fans of cult movies. ~ by Donald Guarisco

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