Zero Woman: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Zero WOMAN 警 視 庁 0 課 の 女 |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kōji Enokido |
| script |
Chiaki Hashiba , Kōji Enokido |
| music | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| camera | Naoki Kayano |
| cut | Masaru Iizuka |
| occupation | |
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Zero Woman: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna ( Japanese Zero WOMAN 警 視 庁 0 課 の 女 , literally: "Zero woman: the woman of Department 0, Capital Police "; US film title: Zero Woman: Final Mission ) is an exploitation -Genre related, Japanese erotic thriller by director Kōji Enokido from 1995. The film is after The Tiger of Osaka (1974) the second feature film adaptation of the manga 0-ka no Onna ( 0 課 の 女 ) by Tōru Shinohara . 2007 followed with Zero Woman R: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna / Yokubō no Daishō (Zero WOMAN R 警 視 庁 0 課 の 女 ／ 欲望 の 代償 ) another film adaptation; there are also a total of seven original video (OV) sequels:
- Zero Woman II: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna (1995)
- Zero Woman III: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna (1996)
- Zero Woman: Namae no Nai Onna (1997)
- Zero Woman: Kesenai Kioku (1997)
- Zero Woman: Abunai Yūgi (1998)
- Zero Woman: Saigo no Shirei (1999)
- Shin Zero Woman 0-ka no Onna: Futatabi ... (2004)
The work was first published in Japan on January 21, 1995. The manga film has not yet been published in the German-speaking countries.
action
The petite Rei works as an agent for Section Zero , a top secret group within the Tokyo police . It is used in a wide variety of areas, and it often investigates covertly - even against its own colleagues. Without emotion, she liquidates corrupt police officers and wanted murderers who have escaped justice. The loyal and socially isolated Zero Woman acts on behalf of her superior and foster father Masahiro Mutō, a high-ranking police officer. He once took care of the young orphan and drilled Rei into a disciplined subordinate.
One evening, Rei, policeman Oda and his girlfriend Takako happened to witness how a woman in a dark sports car ran over her lover in cold blood and then escaped unrecognized . Little did the trio suspect at this point that the murderer was the wealthy, socially charitable masochist Yumi Ogasawara, who was revered as a heroine by the general public. After the crime, the entrepreneur's daughter turns to her father, who uses his contacts to influential figures from the judiciary, police and politics to prevent a far-reaching scandal. At the same time, through the mediation of Mutō, Reis mentor, the industrialist hires a contract killer with the aim of eliminating the three eyewitnesses. Yumi's murder is ultimately classified as a "normal" traffic accident.
The unsuspecting Oda is investigating the matter without the consent of his superiors, as the offense is no longer being investigated by an official body. His research comes to nothing. The young law enforcement officer asks Rei for help, which, however, opposes him with an unusual passivity and indifference. When Oda is murdered a little later and Rei just barely escapes death, Odas decides to continue this work in secret. She comes to the conclusion that the highest circles must influence law enforcement. A little later, by chance, she comes across Oda's documents that suspect the socially committed Yumi of the perpetrator.
Even before the leading actress can confront Yumi, events come thick and fast. Rei is kidnapped by a hired killer and locked in a torture room. After all kinds of tortures and abuse - in the meantime Takako is also interned in the dungeon - the law enforcement officer manages to free herself and kill her tormentor, a short dungeon owner . On the run, however, Takako is shot by the killer who suddenly appears.
At the end of the film, Rei captures murderess Yumi; Mutō's hired killer is defeated. However, the protagonist does not hand Yumi over to justice, but presents these astonished editors to a live television debate in which Yumi's father is invited to speak. Rei uses the ensuing chaos to kidnap entrepreneur Ogasawara. This finally clarifies them about the latest occurrences until he is silenced by Mutō himself. In the end, Rei is unable to kill her seedy foster father. Mutō's offenses thus remain unpunished.
Web links
- Zero Woman: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Entry on jmdb.ne.jp (Japanese)