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Lady Ninja Kasumi, Vol. 1

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Take a look at the box cover. That is pretty much all you really need to know about "Lady Ninja Kasumi" ("Sanada Kunoichi Ninpo-den: Kasumi") and whether or not it is the kind of thing you are interested in. It is exactly what you are expecting, a B-movie Pink Film with a lady ninja-theme. The company that puts out this series is called Junk Films, and they have produced such other classics as "Death Penalty Female Prisoner Saori". And there you have it.

Oh, there is a story. Poor Kasumi and her little brother are orphaned, but taken in by a local warlord. Kasumi joins the kunoichi, the lady ninjas, in order to work and protect her little bother. There are some spies and intrigues, and some entirely unspectacular fight scenes. The costumes are nice, but the whole thing has a feel of being shot on digital video, and you know that this is not a high-budget production. The film is based on an erotic manga series, but I have never read that so don't know how well it holds up. Director Hiroyuki Kawasaki normally makes anime flicks like "Mouse" and "Sakura Wars", so this may have been his first time with live actors.

But if you are getting this, you are really getting it for the lovely Yonmi, not for the story. She looks great in her ninja costumes, and is appropriately bouncy for the genre. Being a Pink Film, the nudity is strictly T&A the three sex scenes are of the softcore variety. Not anywhere near a great film, but then you weren't expecting that. For what it is, it does a good job. The girls are pretty, the plot is decent, and there are far worse entries in the genre.

This work is not too interesting as the story that treats the lady ninja. However, Lead actress's Yommi is cool and beautiful.
And, the point that she is tightening a black loincloth is real and epoch-
making. The loincloth is a traditional undergarment of Japan, and the samurai and the ninja should wear it.
When her change of clothes and she highly kick the enemy, the black loincloth can be clearly confirmed to our eyes. And, the undergarment digs into firmly between her groins and is very sexy.

This is an "erotic" Japanese ninja movie, though the use of "erotic" is somewhat generous. Given anything below the waist is covered up over there (except for maybe the hardcore XXX stuff), all that's really left is the action, which is what you see in direct to video movies. Save your money, I wish I had.

The three DVD of the story of Kasumi that I have seen each has a different actress play the role of Kasumi. Episode one and three are the better of the three, while number two is still a fair story line the actress is noticeable not the same woman. The number three woman may not be the same woman as in number one, but she looks close to the same.

Seeing as how I trashed the third volume in this series a while ago, I thought I'd possibly save some poor unsuspecting fool from forking over hard-earned cash on this swill as well. I got two volumes as screeners to review (thank god I didn't lay out coin for them) and honestly don't know who this stuff is marketed to. Really. Yeah, the covers look OK, but we were always told not to judge a book by its cover, right? Is it the swordplay? No, you'd see better at a Renaissance Fair. Acting? A high school play couldn't do worse. Nudity? Even 12 year-olds know where to find better titillation than this tame, tepid dry-hump. Sets and special effects? With the exception of the few, from-the-waist-up sex scenes, all the activity takes place outdoors, in the woods no less, letting you know there wasn't a buck available for an indoor set, let alone a special effects budget. All five flicks in this series are an insult to any audience - find a copy of 'Azumi' for some true kick-ass swordfighting with an adorable, capable lead actress, or get 'The Naked Sword' if you dig soft-core swordplay that's still mindlessly exploitive.

Not what I had expected. Not worth more than a few $$'s. Save your money

I didn't have high expectations going into this movie, but apparently I didn't lower them far enough. :-)

Lady Ninja Kasumi has torpid dialogue, moribund action and the romantic scenes....well, if someone pulled that on me and called it making love, I'd have to re-educate them with hot tar and a knife. lol

This movie was so good that despite knowing the folks at the company who makes it, I won't be asking for the next in the series.