Japan Synopsis
不良姐御伝 猪の鹿お蝶
“The Biography of the Woman Boss of Bad Girls…”
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sex and Fury. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
Action + Crime in Japan
188 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sex and Fury itself).
The 1972–1974 Japan Window
In the crowded 1972-1974 Japan release window, Sex and Fury sits at #58 of 69. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sex and Fury premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1973.
The 388th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
77 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 62th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sex and Fury, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- female yakuza · 4
- corruption · 29
- eroticism · 25
- tragic love · 17
- revenge · 210
- murder · 155
- sword fight · 56
- pink film · 50
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,812 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,478 of 1,714 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, English |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 28m |
| Release Date | February 17, 1973 |
| IMDb | tt0070085 |