Ohyaku: The Female Demon (1968) Yôen dokufu-den: Han’nya no Ohyaku | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | English Subtitles
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Title: Ohyaku: The Female Demon (1968)
Alternate Title: Yôen dokufu-den: Han’nya no Ohyaku
Genre: Drama, Action
Plot Synopsis
A grifter drawn into romance with a thief becomes complicit in a daring gold heist that goes catastrophically wrong. Betrayal lands her in a brutal prison atop Sado Island, where she endures torment and schemes a daring escape. Determined to avenge the lover lost and the treachery suffered, she metamorphoses into a fierce force of retribution, striking back with unrelenting ferocity.
Cast and Crew
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Director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
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Writers: Kōji Takada
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Cast:
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Junko Miyazono
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Tomisaburō Wakayama
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Kunio Murai
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Kôji Nanbara
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Yuriko Mishima
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IMDb Link: Ohyaku: The Female Demon (1968)
Reviews from Letterboxd
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Gregor Kreyca – ★★★★☆
“Legends of the Poisonous Seductress movies… The first one, Female Demon Ohyaku, is the only one in b/w and it looks marvelously. All the element pf a great female r@pe & revenge story are at place here. Love, betrayal, torture, r@pe and bloody revenge. All shot in beautiful b/w pictures…” -
Grant McLanaghan – (rating not specified)
“An earlyish pinku that’s rather tasteful in comparison to variants yet to come and has more in common with classic Japanese cinema. It follows a female entertainer (specialty: tightrope walking) who’s tired of leering men, especially those who’ve accumulated more wealth than is strictly necessary. It’s the usual story: greed, treachery, lust; think Irezumi crossed with Female Prisoner Scorpion and you’ll get an idea of what to expect. … Nevertheless, it’s a nifty little revenge drama (with heist elements) that moves with pulpy vigour.” -
hiruko – ★★★½☆
“‘I will become the Devil, and have my revenge.’ Hell hath no fury …” -
Ed Küpfer – ★★★★☆
“Underseen near-classic about a female grifter whose failed plan to steal a gold shipment lands her in prison and on a path to revenge. Commonly categorised as an early pinky violence film, the movie—shot in black and white, with doomed lovers, multiple betrayals, and a femme fatale at the centre of it all—feels more to me like a postwar noir with exploitation elements, set in feudal Japan. I don’t think I’ve seen another story like it. … She uses her beauty to exploit the desperate lust of almost every male character to get what she needs to accomplish her revenge.”
Meta Description:
A fierce, visually striking early example of Japanese Pinky Violence, this black-and-white revenge thriller follows a betrayed tightrope performer turned avenging “Female Demon,” unleashed after imprisonment in Sado Island’s brutal penal colony.
