Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers
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is a 1974
Japan
ese film in Nikkatsu
's Roman porno series, directed by Chūsei Sone
and starring Junko Miyashita
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ninjas to take over the Akizuki clan's lands. The Akizuki hire the Fumi ninjas, a group of female warriors who enhance their fighting ability with sexual magic such as the "white snake spell". When the Akizuki emerge victorious, Tsukinojo, the leader of the Fumi ninjas, marries Lord Akizuki.
's successful Wet Lust: 21 Strippers (1974). By the time of the release of Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers, however, her star had again faded and she was relegated to fourth billing. Allmovie writes that the film is an "action-packed softcore melodrama".
1974 in film
The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese film in Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
's Roman porno series, directed by Chūsei Sone
Chusei Sone
is a Japanese film director known primarily for his stylish and popular Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu, particularly the first two installments of the Angel Guts series. Despite a somewhat uneven career, many mainstream critics consider Sone the best of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno directors.-Life and...
and starring Junko Miyashita
Junko Miyashita
is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.- Career :Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films....
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Synopsis
In historical times, the Shogun family employs a group of IgaIga-ryu
Iga-ryū 伊賀流 is a historical school of ninjutsu. It became one of the two most well-known ninja schools in Japan, along with the Kōga-ryū. The Iga-ryū originated in the Iga Province in the area around the towns of Iga and Ueno...
ninjas to take over the Akizuki clan's lands. The Akizuki hire the Fumi ninjas, a group of female warriors who enhance their fighting ability with sexual magic such as the "white snake spell". When the Akizuki emerge victorious, Tsukinojo, the leader of the Fumi ninjas, marries Lord Akizuki.
Cast
- Junko MiyashitaJunko Miyashitais a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.- Career :Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films....
: Tsukinojo 魔羅月之丞 - Kyōko Kanō: White Snake Woman
- Hitomi Kozue: White Snake Woman
- Yūko Katagiri
- Yuri Yamashina: Blue Fox
- Setsuko Ōyama: Koyuki
- Maya Hiromi: O-kei
- Hajime Tanimoto: Mamoru Wakasa
- Keisuke Yukioka: Sansaemon Horiguchi
- Hiroshi Osa: Hattori HanzōHattori Hanzo, also known as , was a famous samurai and ninja master of the Sengoku era, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Today, he is often a subject of modern popular culture.-Biography:...
- Nagatoshi Sakamoto: Norizen Kuroiwa
- Hyōe Enoki: Kamekubi
- Tadayuki Kitakami: Gankubi
- Hitomi Kozue: お真知の方
- Naomi Oka: お蓮の方
- Tatsuya Hamaguchi: Ōmi
- Kenji Shimamura: Old man
Background
The film anticipates the theme of Toei's In Bed With the Enemy: Female Ninjas (1976) which itself spawned several imitations. In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers write that this indicates Nikkatsu's ability to keep current with the moods of popular culture. During the mid-1970s, when director Sone's output was uneven, the Weissers judge the film to show him at his best. It also serves as an example, they write, of popular actress Yūko Katagiri's variable career. Previously promoted as a star, her career had stalled due to her typecasting in teenage roles. She had expanded her acting range by starring in Tatsumi KumashiroTatsumi Kumashiro
was a Japanese film director best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust and The Woman with Red Hair...
's successful Wet Lust: 21 Strippers (1974). By the time of the release of Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers, however, her star had again faded and she was relegated to fourth billing. Allmovie writes that the film is an "action-packed softcore melodrama".