Das Bambuscamp der gequälten Frauen (1973)

Das Bambuscamp der gequälten Frauen: Directed by Chih-Hung Kuei. With Birte Tove, Lieh Lo, Hsieh Wang, Terry Liu. A nurse in a Japanese women’s POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

“Big budget exploitation effort from Shaw Brothers is a little too sloppy to be praised, but itu0026#39;s a decent time waster. It is bizarre to see softcore Scandinavian sex siren Birte Tove (u0026quot;Bedroom Mazurkau0026quot;, u0026quot;Bedside Dentistu0026quot;) in a key role as prisoner/Red Cross envoy Jennifer. Ms. Tove gets beaten around a lot in this violent WIP (Women In Prison) flick and reveals more than her fine legs.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn fact, director Chin Hung Kuei appears to be obsessed with womenu0026#39;s legs and underthings. Hardly a moment goes by that we arenu0026#39;t looking up a fallen prisoneru0026#39;s dress or watching another poor soul have have clothing torn off by an evil Japanese officer.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is a confusing plot concerning hidden gold and some anti-Japanese propaganda, but the main focus of this exploitation epic is rape, beatings, catfights, escape attempts and torture. Itu0026#39;s all done with tongue in cheese at times and is usually too extreme to be taken seriously. Though the film does have a TF Mous vibe at times (reminding this viewer of u0026quot;Lost Soulsu0026quot; in particular), Mousu0026#39;s shocking exploitation classic didnu0026#39;t hit cinemas until 1980, six years after this was produced.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe filmu0026#39;s scope is quite wide and events in the third act move to rural and coastal locations outside the central prison set. The climax is rather ludicrous and totally illogical, but by then, exploitation fans will have gotten their moneyu0026#39;s worth, if not any food for the brain.”