Bôkô Kirisaki Jakku (1976)

Bôkô Kirisaki Jakku: Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe. With Tamaki Katsura, Yuri Yamashina, Natsuko Yashiro, Yôko Azusa. Two restaurant employees begin a torturous and sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.

“ASSAULT! JACK THE RIPPER is one of those films that just ainu0026#39;t gonna be everyoneu0026#39;s cup of tea. Itu0026#39;s brutal in itu0026#39;s depiction of rape and murder and has pretty much no redeeming value in terms of u0026quot;entertainingu0026quot; cinema – and thatu0026#39;s exactly why it is such a u0026quot;classicu0026quot; of the pinky genre. At a time when many other pinky films dealt with sleazy subject matter in a more u0026quot;funu0026quot; and tongue-in-cheek manner, ASSAULT! went straight for the jugular, or more appropriately, crotch…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTwo restaurant co-workers realize their penchant for brutal rape and murder after a mishap with a whacked-out hitch-hiker. As the two find that murder is their only aphrodisiac – things get out of hand. They continue to u0026quot;feedu0026quot; off of each other and pick up random strangers to do their u0026quot;businessu0026quot; with. Homeboy finds that he has a thing for stabbing the victims in the cooch – this appears to be his major u0026quot;turn-onu0026quot;. Homegirl starts to get a little to clingy and jealous when she realizes that heu0026#39;s been doing some u0026quot;moonlightingu0026quot; on his own. This all results in the end of their relationship, among other things…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s nothing really comical or fun about ASSAULT! (except for the strange disco soundtrack…). It appears that the main goal of this film is to shock and disgust, which it does appropriately enough – especially for itu0026#39;s 1976 time-stamp. Although the crotch-gouging is not u0026quot;graphicallyu0026quot; shown, the sound FX and inference of whatu0026#39;s going on is enough to be disturbing. This is a rare film as it predates a lot of more sadistic films that became notorious throughout the late 70u0026#39;s through today. Again, not a film for all tastes, but for those that are looking for something a little u0026quot;rougheru0026quot;…this may be the one. 9/10”