Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers (Zero WOMAN III 警視庁０課の女, Zero Woman III: Keishichō 0-ka no onna) is a 1996 Japanese V-Cinema erotic thriller film starring Kumiko Takeda. It is the third installment in the Zero Woman series.
| Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers | |
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 The 2002 U.S. DVD Cover Released by Asia Pulp Cinema. | |
| Directed by | Masahide Kuwabara |
| Written by | Seigo Inoue Masahide Kuwabara |
| Based on | Zero Woman by Tohru Shinohara |
| Produced by | Tomoko Hojo Fueto Kikuchi Hideo Sugimoto Shinsuke Yamazaki |
| Starring | Kumiko Takeda Keiji Matsuda |
| Cinematography | Shigeru Komatsubara |
| Music by | Ryuji Murayama |
Production company | Vision Sugimoto |
| Distributed by | MAXAM |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot synopsis
editOur main character, Rei, is a woman without a past. She works for the Zero Department, an underground police force. She is assigned to kill a group of crime bosses. At the same time, she is haunted by visions of her deceased father and ends up seeking solace of a man, who is later to be revealed to be the hitman hired by the group of crime bosses. Rei now faces a difficult choice.
Cast
editJapanese cast
edit- Kumiko Takeda as Rei
- Keiji Matsuda as Katsumura
- Tokuma Nishimura as Takefuji
- Marie Jinno as Sayoko
- Charlie Yutani as Daidoji
- Mari Nishima as Tomomi
English voice cast
edit- Dorothy Melendrez as Rei
- Jackson Daniels as Katsumura
- Abe Lasser as Takefuji
- Melissa Williamson as Sayoko
- Anthony Mozdy as Daidoji
- Roberta Endo as Tomomi
- John Smallberries as Goda, Kuronuma
- David Umansky as Kitoh
- Bob Bobson as Delivery Guy
- David Lucas as Zero Boss, Rei's Dad
- Wendee Lee as Dominatrix
- Ian Hawk as Boy
- Kaeko Sakamoto as Hostess
Release
editThe film was released direct-to-video in Japan on VHS on March 5, 1996 and was later released on DVD on March 25, 2000.[1] Central Park Media licensed the film under their Asia Pulp Cinema label. It was released on VHS subtitled on February 22, 2000 and dubbed VHS on April 15, 2001.[2] CPM later released the film on DVD on July 9, 2002.[3] The English dub was produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California.
Reception
editTV Guide's Reed Lowie gave the film two stars.[4] He said the film goes off through a slow start, and not enough action to satisfy the viewer, although Lowie also complimented on how the cinematography was well-done (aside from a few scenes that were shot in the dark. Jim Mclennan of GirlswithGuns.org described the film as "grimly fiendish, yet effective killer's romance".[5]
See also
edit- Girls with guns
- Zero Woman, for a list of movies in the series.
References
edit- ^ "ゼロ・ウーマン3~警視庁0課の女~ [VHS]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 5 March 1996. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ "Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers (VHS)". Amazon. 10 April 2001. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ "Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers". Amazon. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ Reed Lowie. "Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers Review". TVGuide.Com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ Jim Mclennan (2013-11-29). "Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers Review". GirlswithGuns.org. Retrieved 2014-06-14.