RoboGeisha [Blu-ray]

Japanese have a weird sense of humor it was funny worked great

I'll start this off by saying that this movie is absolutely ridiculous! And I also have to say that I mean this in the best possible way! I have brought this movie to watch with several different groups of friends and it's a hit each time. It's a perfect blend of action, humor, gore, and craziness! One sister hates the other and keeps getting cybernetic upgrades to outdo the other. The other sister loves her and just wants her approval. One insane choice after another leads to assassinations and nonstop action culminating in one of the weirdest finales I think I've ever seen in a movie. You have to give this a try. You won't regret it!

I don't know why, but I was expecting this to be a serious movie like Tokyo Gore Police. I was totally wrong, It's a cutesy, they lived-happily-ever-after tale. If you like cutesy, they-lived-happy-ever-after tales (with some occasional bloodletting), then this one's for you. It's even more cutesy than Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl -- which is about as sugar coated as it gets. Lots of silliness and fun, the giant robot scenes are hilarious, the scene with the protest song is tremendous. Nonetheless, I can't bring myself to give this five stars -- it's not a mindblower.

Great.2 special features.

Although this film featured decent cinematography and quite a few moments of brilliance, the momentum was repeatedly dragged down by the annoying rivalry between sisters. Although one does not watch this genre of visual entertainment expecting complex characters and plotlines, the allegiances and intentions of the primary characters kept stalling the proceedings for me. Having previously enjoyed several totally bizarre and fast-moving Japanese films like Samurai Princess, Vampire Girl Versus Frankenstein Girl, and Tokyo Gore Police, this entry was slightly disappointing. If the filmmakers had edited the 101-minute length of this movie by eliminating or shortening the scenes that added nothing to the storyline, I feel it would have resulted in a more cohesive and engaging feast for the eyes. Nonetheless, the occasionally hilarious dialog and the imaginative and clever weaponry implanted in various bodily orifices and protrusions overshadowed the storyline hiccups. If you do not micro-analyze the intentionally-imperfect visual effects, character inconsistencies, and frequent departures from reality, you will most likely find this movie to be a fun viewing experience!

This is a second runner up from Cutie Honey for being ridiculously entertaining. It is Manga/Anime Live-Action at it's prime. As I said in the Cutie Honey review, I'm not really much of an Anime/Manga buff, but I was thoroughly entertained the whole time. This is a psycho-sicko-delica-imagination-trip!

This is the best movie in all of existence. I found it on a list of Japanese cult classics and it did not disappoint. If you're the kind of person who loves bad movies this is the one for you.

Along the lines of machine girl and the maid-droid, doll type movies it's great entertainment not to be taken seriously. Probably has a cult following. I enjoyed it as it was like most movies ahead of its time thes action scenes are great and the story is easy to follow. Watch it once and you will be hooked

This sure is one mixed up movie -being Japanese and all with English subtitles. If you like your action in the vein of Mortal Kombat, and an outlandish otherworld feel as in the Monkey TV series and a Buffy style opening soundtrack, you've come to the right place. The basic plot revolves around two sisters who end up trying to outdo one-another. They both end up in an old 'castle' run by a maniacal steel magnate. Not content with training a bevy of scantily clad killer geishas, he's also got a massive nuclear bomb and I'm not going to tell you where he's going to shove it.With lines like 'Machine guns from her breasts!" and a reply of "They never fail!" you realise you can't take this seriously. Not to be outdone by the latest boob job, sis goes and gets armpit swords -as you would. Acting is typically Japanese B movie standard and raised a few chuckles of its own, the script is ludicrous, but if you can survive the first 10 minutes or so you soon find that this rubbish is actually getting into your head and you begin to like it.I wanted to rate this as a one star at the beginning and thought I'd made a massive mistake in buying it, but I soon entered into the spirit of at all. Special effects are naff -but in a good way, and the 'Castle Monster' is a treat in a Godzilla sort of fashion and you've just got to smile at the butt sword fight even the combatants are forced to admit it's a 'shameful pose!" Despite all that there is a moral tale in there somewhere and some of the family interactions have a sad edge to them -in a bizarre sort of way.If it's ridiculous escapist fun you want this certainly fits the bill. Not worth £15 or so but a cheap copy for less than a fiver might go down well.

Could be a good film could be a bad film.

SYNOPSIS:A megalomaniac Japanese man and his son recuit carefully selected women with certain qualities in order to surgically modify their bodies with mechanized parts to insist them with their evil scheme to take over the world. They enlist two sisters drenched in personal rivalry but the "good one" refuses to slaughter an innocent group of ex-employees. Instead, she joins their ranks and spearheads their mission to bring down the dastardly establishment and regain her sister's affection before the whole of Japan is annihilated by a giant stink bomb.THE REVIEW:Director Noburo Iguchi, the man behind Machine Girl, returns with an even more outrageous feature loaded with inventive ideas and taboo humour which slips into the realms of slapstick on serveral occasions. Admittedly, Robogeisha doesn't have the best of starts; the substandard acting and poor script had me feeling robbed and wanting a refund; but, having become a big fan Yoshihiro Nishimura's special effect/gore factor, i wisely invested in some perseverance. Around scene 9, the pacing and action gets turned up a notch and, from hereonin, i was hooked. I found myself laughing at all the sheer stupidity of all the weaponry on display, ranging from butt blades, rectal missiles of mass destruction, wig napalm and gatlin gun breast, to shamisen powered tanks, giant castle robots and buildings that bleed; all rounded off neatly with a strong wiff of "fan service" - know whatta mean?... No?... Well, heres a clue: Asami "tent pitching" Miyajimi (aka Asami Suigiura) is a porn star/J-sploitation actress and despite her face being covered in a Tengu mask, there's plenty of delicious flesh on display along with the obligatory gusset shots... oo-er farmer Giles.THE VERDICT:Personally, i wouldn't place Robogeisha in the same league of excellence as Hard Revenge Milly, Meatball Machine, Vampire Girl V Frankenstein Girl or Tokyo Gore Police, its more on par with Samurai Princess, Machine Girl and, the lesser known but equally as good, Sukeban Boy. It's very funny but a little annoying in places - worth a watch if you like this type of J-sploitation flick, which this warped individual clearly did... indeed!

rubbish

Wie bei so vielen Iguchi-Filmen auch, fragt man sich: Was für Drogencocktails nimmt der Mann? Aber genau das macht diese Werke für Liebhaber jap. B- bis Z- sowie außerhalb des lat. Alphabets liegende-Filme (was meint ihr, wozu die Jap. so viele Schriftzeichen brauchen :-) ) so sehenswert.Schaut euch den Film an und ihr werdet frittierte Shrimps mit ganz anderen Augen sehen! (Kapiert? Wenn nicht, dann habt ihr den Film noch nicht gesehen).Vorschlag an Tele 5: Zeigt den Film im Rahmen der Schlefaz-Reihe und erhebt das Glas, wann immer sich eines der im Trailer angekündigten absolut abartigen, abschreckenden, absurden, albernen, allerdings aber auch atemberaubend abenteuerlichen Asia-Movie-Ereignisse zuträgt. Prost!