Girl Boss Guerilla (1972) Sukeban Gerira

Movie Rating NR Contains: Strong Language Violence Graphic Violence Sex Nudity Mature Situations

Director: Norifumi Suzuki Movie Genre: Pink, Action Country: Japan Girl Boss Guerilla Score Card The following scores are based on a 0.0 to 10.0 rating scale Hover your mouse pointer over the name of each scoring category below for a description Direction: 6.8 Writing: 6.0 Acting: 5.3 Cinematography: 6.6 Sound and Score: 6.0 Functionality: 6.5 Presentation: 7.0 Genre Comparison: 7.5 General Comparison: 4.7 Overall: 6.3 Reviewed 2006-03-06 19:42:41

With Girl Boss Guerilla, director Norifumi Suzuki decided to give the exploitation genre a grindhouse twist. The story focuses on the exploits of The Red Helmet Gang as they struggle to be the head gang in Kyoto. This gang has many altercations with rival female gangs and the yakuza. Also, Sachiko, the gang's leader, falls in love with an aspiring professional boxer who saves her life. Since this is a "Pinky Violence" movie, the plot is only in place to serve as a method to display a lot of blood and skin.

The visuals are this movie's strongest asset. The colors are vibrant and the scenes are brightly lit. Most of the scenes take place outdoors during daylight hours. The set design and camerawork, although fun to look at, are not the focus of the visuals. The visual appeal of Girl Boss Guerilla is much more centered on guilty pleasures, like the tattooed breasts of beautiful exploitation movie icons, Miki Sugimoto and Reiko Ike. This visual style gives the movie an underlying theme of whimsical bawdiness.

Girl Boss Guerilla shows that Norifumi Suzuki is the master of exploitation cinema. This movie is sure to offend viewers who are not fans of the genre with its constant excuses to show nudity and objectify women. The excesses presented in this film are celebratory and indulgent and the characters are almost always having the time of their lives. Suzuki managed to cram everything that was considered entertaining to male moviegoers in 1970s Japan into this movie.