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Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
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Original name: 前科おんな殺し節
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
grindhouse, pink cinema, cult film
Plot:
yakuza, rape victim, revenge, exploitation, sexploitation, prison, rape, bare breasts, gang rape, female prisoner, girl fight, cell mate, martial arts, erotica, serial killer, pink film, love, sex, fight, prostitute, money, police officer, police, drug lord, volleyball ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, rough and exciting films with plots about violence, martial arts, revenge, blood, murder, rivalry and death mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Criminal Woman: Killing Melody: Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974), Sex and Fury (1973), Body Weapon (1999), Crying Freeman (1995), Out for a Kill (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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100%
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Duration: 102 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Germany, UK
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Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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100%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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