Product Details

• Actors: Miki Sugimoto, Emi Jo, Chie Kobayashi, Linda Kimoto, Naomi Oka
• Directors: Atsushi Mihori, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Norifumi Suzuki
• Writers: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Norifumi Suzuki, Fumio Konami, Hirô Matsuda, Norio Miyashita
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Panik House Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Run Time: 342 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BLI5UU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,490 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
"Criminal Woman: Killing Melody" (Japanese title: Zenka Onna Karoshi Bushi)
Kicking off the internationally renowned action series known as Zero Woman, Miki Sugimoto electrifies Criminal Woman: Killing Melody with raw sexuality, searing physical prowess and a reckless passion for revenge. The violence is as hard as the women are beautiful and when it comes time for the naked knife-fights - look out!

"Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom" (Japanese title: Kyoufu Joshi Koukou Bouroku Rinchi Kyoushitsu)
Terrifying Girls' High School opens with a female school clique bloodletting a fellow student amidst verbal abuse and harsh accusation. The terrified girl breaks free of the life-draining vacuum syringe and races to the roof, where her tormentors force her off the ledge and stomp on her fingers until she falls to her death. This is all before the main titles! And that clique? They aren't even the real bad girls! This is reform school, and the new crop of inmates (whose apprehension we witness) includes Miki Sugimoto and Reiko Ike. This is like Mean Girls via Caged Heat as written by Jess Franco and directed by Russ Meyer. All those Takashi Miike fans need to check out this film.

"Girl Boss Guerilla" (Japanese title: Sukeban Gerira)
Female bikers! Catfights! Gang violence! Sukeban Guerilla expands on classic exploitation "bad girl" archetypes with an explosive abandon. Fans of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Switchblade Sisters should brace themselves for the be-all, end-all and show-all of what's possible in the realms of grindhouse girls gone way-past-wild.

"Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless To Confess" (Japanese title: Zubenko Bancho Zange No Neuchi Mo Nai)
This was the final entry in the Zubeko Bancho series, with sexy-and-sweet Reiko Oshida heading up a cast of gangster-girl wannabes in a go-go dancing maelstrom of Japanese music, fashion and kitsch. Truly a film that defies description, but imagine a Jack Hill production of Hair with an unsupervised Riot Girl cast, and you're starting to get the picture. The result is a delicious example of Japanese pop culture in high transition from the groovy '60s to the dangerous '70s.

Brand New 16x9 transfers with completely re-mastered video and audio.
Includes Audio CD, Reiko Ike Sings!
Also Includes 26 page color booklet: Toei's Bad Girl Cinema by Author Chris D.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome packaging..great commentaries..so-so movies, November 29, 2005

By	James Maruyama "jtmaruyama" (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I also received an advanced pre-order copy via Amazon. While this set did have the DVD menu glitch on "Girl Boss Guerilla", the movie itself played fine. As many have noted, Panik House has really done an awesome job with this DVD box set. The DVD set comes in a bright "shocking pink" plastic gatefold style case and has both the linear notes and audio CD holder affixed inside. The linear notes booklet design was pretty psychedelic but well layed out. The content inside was somewhat hard to read at times but the information was invaluable. I didn't really care much for the audio CD extra although some may find it pretty novel. The movies themselves are a mixed bag. "Girl Boss Guerilla" is definitely the best of the set (it's also the most violent and outrageous of the lot). While "Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless To Confess" is my personal favorite, it is also the tamest movie of the bunch with "Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom" and "Criminal Woman: Killing Melody" falling in the middle. The audio commentaries by Chris D. (AKA Chris Desjardins) and the staff at Panik House are quite informative and very good. Fans of Toei Yakuza and 70's sexploitation cinema will find these movies a definite treat. Here's hoping that Panik House releases more great "Sukeban" DVD sets in the near future.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Worth It, December 8, 2005

By	Battle D (USA) - See all my reviews

Just the packaging alone makes this box set worthwhile. I've never seen anything like it. The exterior is like a Trapper Keeper, slick plastic that's kind of puffy and soft to the touch. It then folds out into four DVD trays and has a really well designed booklet, talking about the films and the genre (Sukeban). I just got my copy and everyone that's been over and seen it has flipped out about the box, `cause it just looks so cool (and is so pink). The bonus CD of Reiko Ike singing is mounted in with the booklet and is weird and kind of a novelty. I put it on at a party a couple of weeks ago and people were way into it.

The movies are cool too. "Criminal Woman: Killing Melody" is my favorite, but the end of "Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess" is amazing. There's no way that Quentin Tarintino didn't see it before he made "Kill Bill".

I just read on the website of the company that put out the set (Panik House) that they pre-sold 2/3 of the run of 10,000 and they think they're going to sell out soon, so if you're at all interested in getting a copy of this you should. Now. It was totally worth the money.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great set. very well produced., November 16, 2005

By	Garfinkel (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

there has been some delay with this package, which has been recalled due to errors with one of the discs. the new ship date is Dec 6. i managed to have received mine before this item was pulled from circulation by Panik House. yes, one of the discs does not play, but they will replace it. so, not a big problem.

for fans of this genre, this set is a must. the remastered films all look great. and there are lots of fun extras, and goodies, such as the additional fifth disc, a CD with songs of Reiko Ike.

the packaging is fantastic. definitely one of the cooler, funner designs of any box/multiple set i own.

highly recommended.