Ninja Vixens: The Kagero Squad (1990)

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The title of this film is translated to be more prurient than it is. IN Japanese, it reads 'woman invisible' which may conjugate to kunoichi somehow but I don't quite know how Japanese conjugation works. 

It's about a squad of female ninjas that infiltrate a political coup and restore order to a fiefdom. The ninjettes (official DM tern for kunoichi) dress like geishas and work their way into the usurping gang's midst, mostly within their gambling/whorehouse because that's what Japanese baddie do. They have these armulet globes that when activated, shoot out weak (90s? more like 70s) special effects of butterflies. My favorite scene is when one of the nineties, dressed in a normal kimono, is captured by random wannabe rapists. She unleashes the butterflies, the rapists freak out, and then she dispatches them all with swift kicks to the nuts. The main ninjette doesn't show her prowess until she strips down to her ninjette uniform that shows her thighs in fishnets. There's a lot of thigh exposing, but not quite enough to earn the title 'vixen'. Note that there are posed breasts, also kinda random. The lead ninjette is cool. Fight choreo is mediocre at best - dated in style and execution. 

Not overly D00M recommended. This is the start of a trilogy and I'll probably watch more. 

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The Ninja Vixens 2: Veil of Illusions (1990)

A true sequel, this one picks up soon after the first film, reuniting a lot of the cast. It's very similar. The main ninjette crosses paths with some damsels in distress due to court intrigues and she decides to help. One of the distressed damsels is named Yuki. I kept pointing that out to my dog, but he just kept looking at me like 'wut?' I don't think he hears the TV that well. The other distressed damsel is named Kumi. I have a Rock Med friend named Kumi who, in her misspent youth, was a B&D performer. Haven't seen her in a while tho.

This adds a surreal dance number where the head ninjette does this wacky modern-ish dance that does a flying somersault into an explosion and disappears (a distraction trick). There's also a junior ninjette in a classic silver lame outfit with flaring shoulder pads and exposed thighs. Everyone else has traditional dress, apropos to the period. 

There's a character that I really like, an underground samurai from the Yagyu school with a monster topknot that looks like Yuki's fluffy tail. He's a kickass swordsman and an ally to the ninjettes, cutting up villains when called upon. 

A bit better than the first one, just because it's a little wackier. Still not overly D00M recommended. 


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Either this or Baian had an accomplice with a monkey puppet. It was odd and I meant to mention it but I can't remember which film it was and I'm not going back for it. I'm pretty sure it was Vixens.

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The Ninja Vixens 3: The Final Conspiracy (1991)

This series falls in a rut. There's always a damsel in distress that stumbles into the ninjette's path; she's the regal victim of some conspiracy coup. There's a bathing scene. There's human traffickers. There's kicks to the balls. There's a bondage scene with whipping, always tied to a wall or a hanging bar. There's weird acrobatic dancing as a show. 

Then there's some fresh stuff. The main villain has a major facial scar and can decapitate his own head and de-limb himself. His head can fly and bite. His arm can travel in the ground holding a sword up to cut people. And his name is Yuki. There's another guy that specializes in big rubber spiders which he uses to poison drinks and guard locks. There's a twin with a facial scar. There's a bubbling pool of shit-colored muck that acts like quicksand and pulls anyone who falls in it to their death. 

All in all, fairly entertaining. I think this was my fav because of Yuki. He delivers some funny fight scenes. Mildly D00M recommended. You gotta be in the right mood. And I'd just jump to this threequel, and not bother with the rest.

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