Product Details

• Actors: Rika Aoki, Michi Nono, Satoshi Moritsuka, Yoshihiro Nakadai, Yasuo Arakawa
• Directors: Ko Nakahira
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Exploitation Digital
• DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000QGDXH0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,430 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Half-breed Rica was born under a very bad sign. Her mother was raped by American GIs and Rica was the result. Rica herself was raped by one of her mother's johns at an early age. Scarred for life from Day One Rica was practically raised with a knife in her hand and hate in her heart for all men! Soon Rica is mixed up in a world of trouble running with gangs scrapping with hoodlums and excelling in the ways of the underworld. But no matter how many times she ends up in jail or gets manhandled by thugs nothing can stand in the way of her ultimate goal: Revenge! System Requirements:Run Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MATURE/ADULT Rating: NR UPC: 631595071863 Manufacturer No: EDDVD0718

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An odd movie in an already odd genre., August 17, 2007

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Count DeRola (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rica (DVD)

I picked this this movie up based on the fact that it was made in 1972 at the height of the "Pinky Violence" era in Japan. Every time one of these gets released (and more and more are these days) I snatch it up hoping that it will be as good as, say, Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable. It is not. It's more of a generic Sukeban flick that's more along the lines of Girl Boss Guerilla and Criminal Woman: Killing Melody. That said, it's still highly enjoyable. It has all the requisite exploitation, nudity and violence you expect from one of these films. The one thing it lacks that the best of these films has is STYLE. It has neither the radical camerawork and surreal touches of the Scorpion movies or the black humour of Teruo Ishi's Female Yakuza Tale. It's pretty straightforward. Also, Rika Aoki is a very odd looking woman. Not quite beautiful but very sexy and what she lacks in acting technique she makes up for in pure intensity. She's out for revenge and looks like she means it. She wears go go boots very well and her thighs look as if they'd crush your skull. She also sings the opening theme song. The plot is pretty standard and nothing we haven't seen before. There are trailers for two other Rica movies (it's a trilogy!) on this otherwise bare bones disc and I wonder if Exploitation Digital is planning to put those out as well. If they do, I hope they take a little more care with the remastering. The film looks ok but they could do a lot better. So no, this isn't a Pinky Violence Classic but I have to admit I'm a whore for this genre. I'll probably get the other two movies too. They're like crack.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pinky Violence, oh yes!, April 4, 2010

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Asian Mack "Art" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rica (DVD)

If you are a fan of "Pinky Violence" and enjoyed films such as these series: "Sasori", "Sukeban", "Delinquent Girl Boss" and even the films "Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs" and "Criminal Woman: Killing Melody", then the "Rica" trilogy delivers. The first film is the most raunchy of the trilogy, but all three films are worth owning. I was laughing so hard when Rika Aoki was dancing in the hostess bar. OMG! It is so funny and over the top. The company, Media Blasters going under the name "Exploitation Digital", released all three films in a box set as well. Must-buy!!!