I guess instead of calling this a rape-revenge movie it's technically a forced into a prostitution-ring-revenge flick. Oh and the person getting the revenge is a friend of the people forced into the prostitution. This is a super sleazy Taiwanese epic. It has a bit of kung-fu but that's not really the main draw here. There's quite a bit of patriarchal violence towards women to set things in motion including the big highlight of tying a gal to a big X, turning her upside down and torturing her with syrup and ants. Things ultimately go into THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE territory when our main revenger(Huei Shan Yang) loses an eye and gets a badass eye-patch. She's also smart enough to get a whole martial-arts class to help her in her quest for vengeance. They use samurai swords and various knives but my favorite weapon was the belt with a poisonous snake inside of it. Pretty inventive stuff! AKA THE NUDE BODY CASE IN TOKYO
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