A gangster's wife, a scheming widow, and a bathhouse full of bodies—Toei's wildest soap opera.
A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.
Direction
Yamaguchi balances three genres without committing to any
Production
The bathhouse set becomes its own suffocating character
Acting
Naomi Tani's resigned resilience anchors the chaos
Director
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Naomi Tani
Yukino (Bath-house Girl)
Ohara Misa
Mayumi (Yukino's Sister, Bath-house Girl)
Tomoko Mayama
Utae Kakinuma (Genzô's Second Wife)
Miwako Onaya
Kuniko (Bath-house Girl)
Yumiko Tateno
Reiko (Bath-house Girl)
Emi Jo
Yasue (Bath-house Girl)
Akira Ōizumi
V.I.P. Customer
Misa Aoyama
Midori (Bath-house Girl)
Terumi Azuma
Natsuyo Kakinuma (Genzô's Daughter)
Kōji Fujiyama
Toriyama (Bath-house Manager)
Shingo Yamashiro
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Toei's 'pinky violence' boom, this hybridizes the studio's popular 'onsen' location films with the rising female revenge cycle.
Director Yamaguchi made this between 'Sister Street Fighter' entries—his busiest year, with four features in 1975 alone.
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