Delinquent Girl Boss 2 Tokyo Drifters (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1970)

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Título: Delinquent girl boss 2: Tokyo drifters Título V.O: Zubekô banchô: Tôkyô nagaremono Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Año/País: 1970 / Japón Duración: 88 minutos Género: Pinku, , Yakuzas, Acción Reparto: Reiko Oshida, Tsunehiko Watase, Yukie Kagawa, Masumi Tachibana Enlaces: Ficha de: Jamsa25

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The second part in the series feels a bit like a quick cash in on the success of the original... although that’s not to say it’s a bad movie. It’s quite an enjoyable film actually, if you’re a genre fan that is. The main problem is that it’s missing a proper storyline. Between the awesome reform school opening and stylish action finale there isn’t a whole lot happening. Director Yamaguchi relies a bit too much on humour and general ’hanging out with the characters’. Almost all darker content has been dropped from the film, and the exploitation elements, that were already brief in the previous film, have been further toned down; the violence is mostly bloodless, and there is only brief nudity, always in comical context.

 The film would also benefit from having more music, although there’s a couple of more memorable tunes and one decent on screen performance. Thankfully the cast compensates enough to bring the weaker parts to the positive side. Reiko Oshida is endlessly adorable, a real delight among Toei’s other, sluttier female action stars. Most of the supporting actors are familiar from the first film, but there’s also a couple of first timers like Akira Oizumi in a very small but funny supporting role. Tsunehiko Watase deserves a mention as well. His character is a obvious Ken Takakura clone, but he pulls it off so well that it’s a pleasure to watch him on screen.

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Segunda entrega de la saga Delinquent Girl Boss, compuesta por cuatro títulos. Es una pena que tanto la segunda como la tercera entrega carezcan de subtítulo alguno. De todos modos, y para fomentar ese ánimmo completista de muchos, distribuiré todos los títulos de la saga a la mejor calidad.