And now, I can watch the Japanese edition, in beautiful widescreen. But right off the top I noticed a difference!
The US print contains an opening battle sequence with our two Amazonian rivals beating down - AND CHOPPING UP- some men! As soon as the Japanese disc starts, that bit is missing, replaced by some goofy and ironic text.
Hey, the film is pretty goofy and ironic, so it fits. Another difference is the running times between the two editions. The US disc version runs 20 minutes shorter than the Japanese print!!
Say it with me...MORE NAKED CATFIGHTS (I hope). We shall see!
US DVD OPENING
The quality of the Japanese version is fantastic...check it out!!
4 comments:
I definitely want a copy of this one!
Totally worth the effort, it is a ton of fun. A late entry in the Peplum/Barbarian cycle that emphasized nudity and violence.
Yay for those traits!
I caught up with this a few weeks ago too and was really impressed by it. When I learned that most have only seen the much shorter version I knew why it has such a crappy rep. A shame a damned good trashy epic is only available through backdoor channels but it was ever thus.
Where might one find this Japanese release you speak of?
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