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The Machine Girl
Why this pick
Its heroine turns revenge into outrageously improvised weaponry, matching Riki-Oh’s gleeful collision of martial-arts payback, cartoon physics, and maximal splatter.
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MOVIE1991 1h 32m HKG
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Why this pick
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The Streetfighter
Why this pick
Sonny Chiba’s feral antihero brings the same brutally direct, boundary-pushing martial-arts force that makes Riki-Oh’s violence feel so exuberantly unreal.
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Dead or Alive
Why this pick
Miike pairs criminal chaos with deadpan absurdity and startling bursts of violence, delivering the same anything-can-happen cult-action sensibility.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Power Chan
Hai's godson
Tetsurō Tamba
Master Zhang