A nurse with a rifle and a yakuza with a heart—what could go wrong?
An assignment is issued to a lady sniper to destroy the mafia. The second-in-command of the Akita-kai, a yakuza group based in the Kanto region, is stabbed to death by a hitman from the Kansai-based San'yu-kai, which is aiming to expand into Kanto. Around the same time, Komoro Hisashi, the Akita-kai's action squad leader, is warmly welcomed back by the Akita-kai chairman, who has just returned to freedom after 14 years. However, concerned about the San'yu-kai's movements, he advises him to lie low for a while. Meanwhile, Shinjo, who was a young member 14 years ago, has risen through the ranks to the point of having his own gang. Amidst all this, Komoro meets and falls in love with a nurse named Akie...
Acting
Makiko Kuno carries absurd premise with genuine conviction.
Practical Effects
Gloriously cheap yakuza tattoos and office-set gunfights.
Direction
Yoshida's workmanlike craft elevates direct-to-video chaos.
Director
Keiichirō Yoshida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
V-cinema direct-to-video boom let weird genre hybrids like this flourish outside studio constraints.
Makiko Kuno was a gravure idol transitioning to 'serious' roles; this was her stab at action-heroine legitimacy.
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