Rena Ichinose

Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)

Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Akiko Koyama  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Kôji Nanbara

Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Meiko Kaji  •  Akiko Koyama  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Kôji Nanbara

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom (1972)

Delinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Hiroshi Nawa  •  Reiko Ike  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Masataka Naruse

Delinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Hiroshi Nawa  •  Reiko Ike  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Masataka Naruse

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)

Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Rika Sudo  •  Ryôko Ema  •  Nobuo Kaneko

Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Rika Sudo  •  Ryôko Ema  •  Nobuo Kaneko

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)

The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto stars as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Reiko Ike  •  Misuzu Ôta  •  Hiromi Sairaiji

The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto stars as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Reiko Ike  •  Misuzu Ôta  •  Hiromi Sairaiji

Female Yakuza Tale (1973)

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Makoto Ashikawa  •  Arumi Kuri  •  Meika Seri

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Makoto Ashikawa  •  Arumi Kuri  •  Meika Seri

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Reiko Ike  •  Seiko Saburi  •  Misuzu Ôta

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Miki Sugimoto  •  Reiko Ike  •  Seiko Saburi  •  Misuzu Ôta

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Asao Uchida  •  Meiko Kaji

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kō Nishimura  •  Asao Uchida  •  Meiko Kaji

The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers (1973)

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Katsumasa Uchida  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Tsunehiko Watase

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji). After hitching a ride on a bus full of old women, Masa finds out that Katsu tried to fake a car accident and get some money for Masa to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Katsumasa Uchida  •  Tamio Kawachi  •  Tsunehiko Watase

Wolves on Motorcycles (1971)

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Rena Ichinose  •  Yayoi Watanabe

Hoodlum group helps fishermen against firm polluting their fishing ground.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Rena Ichinose  •  Yayoi Watanabe

Wolves of the City: First to Fight (1971)

Pinku from 1971.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Junko Natsu  •  Chie Kobayashi  •  Yasushi Suzuki

Pinku from 1971.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Junko Natsu  •  Chie Kobayashi  •  Yasushi Suzuki

Yakuza Wolf (1972)

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Takamori
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Ryōji Hayama  •  Tomoko Mayama  •  Hideo Murota

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Takamori
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Ryōji Hayama  •  Tomoko Mayama  •  Hideo Murota

Sex Up And Down (1972)

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Tōru Yuri  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Mieko Tsudoi

A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Takakuwa
CAST:  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Tōru Yuri  •  Miki Sugimoto  •  Mieko Tsudoi

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)

A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Tatsuo Endō  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Kyōichi Satō

A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Tatsuo Endō  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Kyōichi Satō

Sex and Fury (1973)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Christina Lindberg  •  Akemi Negishi  •  Ryôko Ema

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Christina Lindberg  •  Akemi Negishi  •  Ryôko Ema

Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Shinichirō Mikami

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Fumio Watanabe  •  Shinichirō Mikami

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group (1973)

A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiko Shimura
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Yûko Kanô  •  Hiroshi Nawa  •  Yōko Mihara

A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiko Shimura
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Yûko Kanô  •  Hiroshi Nawa  •  Yōko Mihara

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage (1973)

We find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high school administration where institutionalized sexual abuse is endemic. The tables are turned on the principal and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiko Shimura
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Ryôko Ema  •  Natsuko Yashiro  •  Nobuo Kaneko

We find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high school administration where institutionalized sexual abuse is endemic. The tables are turned on the principal and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiko Shimura
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Ryôko Ema  •  Natsuko Yashiro  •  Nobuo Kaneko

Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown (1974)

Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Mitsuko Aoi  •  Katsumasa Uchida  •  Ryôko Ema

Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Reiko Ike  •  Mitsuko Aoi  •  Katsumasa Uchida  •  Ryôko Ema

Troops of Darkness (1971)

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Bunjaku Han  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Hisashi Kawaguchi

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Bunjaku Han  •  Tetsurō Tamba  •  Hisashi Kawaguchi

Scoundrel Boss (1975)

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DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Hideo Murota  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Maki Tachibana

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DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Hideo Murota  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Maki Tachibana