Blind Woman's Curse [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD] [1970]

A thrilling Yakuza film featuring eye-popping visuals, sensational fight sequences and the gorgeous Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock), in her first major role. Akemi (Kaji) is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi's gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies. A bizarre blend of the female Yakuza film and traditional Japanese ghost story, with a strong dash of grotesque-erotica (the same movement was a sensibility of Edogawa Rampo whose works were adapted by Ishii in Horrors of Malformed Men), Blind Woman's Curse is a delirious mash-up of classic genre tropes, of which Ishii was no stranger, having directed everything from Super Giant films to Biker movies!

In this odd couple comedy, penniless frenemies Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) scrape by waitressing in a Brooklyn hash house while chasing their dream of opening a Brooklyn cupcake boutique. 2-disc set includes episodes such as "And the Break-Up Scene", "And Strokes of Goodwill", "And the Hidden Stash" and "And the Cupcake War".