Sex & Fury

Sex & Fury
	Film poster
Directed by	Norifumi Suzuki
Produced by	Kanji Amao
Written by	Tarō Bonten; Masahiro Kakefuda; Norifumi Suzuki
Starring	Reiko Ike; Akemi Negishi
Music by	Ichirō Araki
Cinematography	Motoya Washyo
Edited by	Isamu Ichida
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	February 17, 1973;
Running time	88 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese ; English

Sex & Fury, translated Story of Delinquent Female Boss: o-Chō Inoshika (不良姐御伝猪の鹿お蝶, Furyō anego den: Inoshika o-Chō), is a 1973 Japanese action-thriller film directed by Norifumi Suzuki and starring Reiko Ike.

It was followed by Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture in the same year.

Plot

The film tells the story of a female petty criminal, played by Reiko Ike, who becomes involved in international intrigue while searching for the sister of a man she saw murdered in a gambling den, as well as the gangsters responsible for murdering her father during her childhood.

Cast

Reiko Ike as Ochō Inoshika
Akemi Negishi as Ogin Shitateya
Ryōko Ema as Omiya
Yōko Hori as Okinu
Naomi Oka as Okoi
Katsumasa Uchida
Rena Ichinose as Osayo Igirisu
Tatsuo Endō
Yōko Mihara as Yaeji
Christina Lindberg as Christina

Production

According to Christina Lindberg, while on a plane to Stockholm, she was approached by two Japanese men who asked her if she would be interested in working in Japan. Her reply was "why not" and soon afterwards she was in Japan working for Toei. She spent two and a half months in Japan, appearing in Sex and Fury and later in a larger role in Sadao Nakajima's 1973 film, Porno Queen: Japan Sex Tour.[1]

Availability

The Region 1 DVD cover to Sex & Fury

The film was made available for U.S. audiences when Panic House released it on region 1 DVD on September 27, 2005. [2]

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References

Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
"Sex and Fury (1973)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2007-07-02.

External links

Sex & Fury at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Sex & Fury at AllMovie
Sex & Fury on IMDb
Review at ReelBad

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[1] Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.

[2] "Sex and Fury (1973)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2007-07-02.