Quick-Draw Okatsu (1969) | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | English Subtitles

Title: Quick-Draw Okatsu (1969)

Alternate Title: Yôen dokufu-den: Hitokiri Okatsu

Genre: Action, Crime

Plot Synopsis
Okatsu Makabe, a master swordswoman and adopted daughter of a respected dojo head, shoulders the burden of her adopted brother’s gambling debts when a corrupt commissioner orchestrates his ruin. Her father is killed, and she is betrayed and forced into s&xual slavery. Aided by a fierce ally, she escapes and embarks on a blood-soaked journey of vengeance against those who destroyed her family.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Nobuo Nakagawa

• Writers: Kōji Takada

• Cast:

  • Junko Miyazono as Okatsu Makabe

  • Reiko Ônobuta

  • Kenji Imai as City Commissioner Shiozaki

  • Yukie Kagawa as Saki

  • Reiko Oshida as Rui

IMDb Link: Quick-Draw Okatsu (1969) 

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. Gregor Kreyca – ★★★★☆
   “Quick-draw Okatsu is the second part of the (only thematically and by lead actress Junko Miyazono connected) “Legends of the Poisonous Seductress” trilogy. I love the first part which was shot in b/w which gave the film a more classic feeling. This this second film in full color is just as great in my opinion. Once again, lead actress Junko Miyazono is out for revenge but this time as a different character. The color is what makes this movie taste very different even if it comes from the same tradition of exploitation heavy female revenge movies or Pinky Violence.”

2. madeline – ★★★★☆
   “What a film. This Okatsu entry is the highlight of the bunch – a near-perfect capitulation of the narrative beats from the first and last film. It contains all the visceral brutality that pushed the envelope of the first, while balancing the colorful photogenic with the carnal chaos. The resulting picture is the ideal synthesis of period drama, female revenge yarn, and blood chanbara goodness. Vibrant red blood gushing out of shogunate goons and unpleasant torture that sets the stakes for Okatsu’s revenge. After her father is tortured and she’s thrown into s&xual slavery, all she has left to lose are her scruples – which are discarded quickly. Aided by a scrappy kunoichi – my favorite character in this trilogy…”

3. Ed Küpfer – ★★★☆☆
   “When tragedy befalls the adoptive family of a preternaturally gifted swordswoman, she goes on a quest for revenge against the corrupt official who ruined her life. The second movie in the so-called ‘Poisonous Seductress’ series, but has nothing to do with the previous movie (which was a terrific noir starring Junko Miyazono in a kind of femme fatale role). Here Junko Miyazono stars as a prim young woman who goes on a revenge spree, eventually. But first she has to suffer successive calamities, to herself and her family, before she leaves her old life behind and becomes a demon in search of vengeance. This is a very well-regarded movie, but I had some real trouble with the main character, who…”

4. BrianNaas – ★★½☆☆
   “This is the second film in what is called the Toei’s Legend of the Poisonous Seductress trilogy. It is a trilogy of unconnected period films other than the lead actress (Junko Miyazono) is in all three of them and a theme of unrelenting bloody vengeance is present. In the first film, Female Demon: Ohyaku (1968), the female character Ohyaku and her lover are betrayed and she goes through hell to bring justice at the edge of a sword. In this film and in the following one, her name is Okatsu but again they are not the same character. Other themes run through all three films as well – oppression of the peasants, incredible cruelty displayed by the rulers and a…”

5. maskull – ★★★★☆
   “The world takes a piss on a poor swords woman. She gets annoyed off and vows revenge. Pretty much everything bad that can happen to a woman occurs so it’s not always a cheerful film but luckily cute Reiko Oshida shows up every once in a while and helps with the kicking of the asses. Some decent sword fights, but I was a little disappointed that our heroine never faced off against the bounty hunter. That would have been really cool.”

Meta Description:
1969 Japanese action-crime revenge film where a master swordswoman rises from s&xual enslavement to exact bloody justice on a corrupt commissioner and those who destroyed her family.