Zenka onna: Koroshi-bushi

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.

Genre(s) : Action,Crime,Thriller

Aka(s) :
(original title) - Zenka onna: Koroshi-bushi
Canada - Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Japan - 前科おんな 殺し節(Japanese)
United States - Criminal Woman: Killing Melody(DVD Title)
World-wide - Ex-Convict Women(English, Alternative Title)
World-wide - The Female Avenger(English, Alternative Title)

Actors :
Reiko Ike Maki Hashima
Chiyoko Kazama Natsuko Kimura
Masami Sôda Yukie Nakagawa
Yumiko Katayama Kaoru Ashida
Shinzô Hotta Hayami
Seiya Satô Sugai
Keiichi Kitagawa Yabuki
Tooru Hanada Ogata
Bontarô Miake Yasutarô Hamada(Hamayasu)
Hiroshi Date Ôshima
Hirohisa Nakata Miyamoto
Naoyuki Sugano Teruo
Yoshio Hyaku Shintarô Hashima
Hôsei Komatsu Kamejirô Awano
Kiyome Takemura Female Prisoner A
Toshie Kokabu Female Prisoner B
Fumie Shô Female Prisoner C
Hisako Yaohara Female Prisoner D
Yôko Kôno Female Prisoner E
Tetsuya Kigawa Ôba's Henchman 1
Tadashi Takatsuki Ôba's Henchman 2
Kôji Sawada Ôba's Henchman 3
Shigeru Yokoyama Ôba's Henchman 4
Tatsuya Kameyama Hamayasua's Henchman 2
Takashi Takano Detective
Tôru Yuri Middle-aged Man
Ryôji Hayama Boss Kiichi Oba
Takeo Chii Tetsu Hamada
Miki Sugimoto Masayo Tani