Beautiful Beast Movie Review 1995

Mysterious Chinese warrior woman known as Black Orchid arrives in Japan and rubs out mob boss Ishizuka. Fleeing the scene, she hides out with bartender Yoichi Fujinami, who becomes torn between helping his old pal Yaguchi and the mystery girl that he's falling in love with. Foregoes a lot of empty soft-core sex in favor of providing more action. Director Toshiharu Ikeda is no John Woo, but at least Black Orchid's trunk full of high-powered weaponry provides a little fun.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 87 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Femme Fatale, Yakuza, Assassination

Screenplay

Tamiya Takehashi, Hiroshi Takehashi

Cast

Kaori Shimamura, Takanori Kikuchi, Hakuryu, Minako Ogawa

Cinematography

Seizo Sengen

Director

Toshiharu Ikeda