What a waste of my time!!!

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Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The Japanese have a way of showing violence in a gritty manner. Not necessarily only because they show the violence in full view, but also because they manage to represent the evil that lurks within the human mind. The slave traders in this movie have no respect for human life. They are aware of it, and they love it. Nihilism has become a trademark in Japanese cinema. This movie has very little blood, but a lot of nudity, sexual violence, rape and torture. We follow some average women as they are going through a world of pain and misery, where twisted evil soul seek the ultimate rush of power and supremacy by the suffering and unhappiness of other individuals. This movies running time is not long, but that's exactly enough to deliver the punch in your face. Not a great movie, but good. It does what it can well, and deliver the message.

An office lady with no relatives is kidnapped by slave traders and locked in a warehouse with four other unfortunates. The traders "test" the ladies out in unspeakable ways before shipping them off to Africa.I didn't find Yasuro Uegaki's FEMALE MARKET to be too much or particularly appalling. It does present some sexual abuse sequences with a Pasolini/SALO-style sense of indifference and it does get cracking with the rape and whipping rather quickly, but it rapidly loses steam and is inevitably undone by a very bland, predictable plot.As Nikkatsu movies go, it's not as well photographed as most and its limited locations leave it looking very stage-bound. There's a minor attempt to essay a "relationship" between the most defiant of the kidnapped women and the most sensitive of the bad guys, but even this is too little too late when you compare it to the character dynamics of such fare as ASSAULT JACK THE RIPPER (my nominee for Best Violent Pink Film Ever Made) or WHITE ROSE CAMPUS: THEN, EVERYBODY GETS RAPED.The film's final scene, where the bad guy turned good is discovered washed up on a beach, is a fitting capper and is consistent with FEMALE MARKET's downbeat tone.I wouldn't recommend this film to those seeking great exploitation because it lacks serious energy and is turgidly paced.For completest only.

"Female Market"(1986),written by the "Guts of a Virgin/Beauty" director Kazuo "Gaira" Komizu is very depressing and hard to take experience due to its extreme misogynistic atmosphere and violence.This is surely hyper dark and hyper sadistic stuff-the abduction scenes at the first half of this movie are so sick and mean spirited that I felt bad while watching it.If this was released in UK,it would run some 10 minutes only!Then comes the brief revenge part in the tradition of "Last House on the Left" and then the escape and it all ends very mysteriously and ominously.And the visuals are impressive as the film is as dark as they get.It is incredible how these Japanese exploitation sickies still manage to be very noteworthy cinematically if the makers just wish so and have talent.But as said,"Female Market" is very strong,so only fans of Japanese extreme cinema will stomach it.

Having seen loads of seventies genre movies from all over the world it is hard for me to find Female Market a must. There is no inspired storyline to lift it above the middle of the road 'women in prison' exploitation fare that has been made over and over again ad nauseum. What is compelling in this film is not the story but the cool delivery of its shocking scenes of ultra violence; most often of a sexual nature. The randomness of the gruesome acts bludgeons you to utter apathy until you beg for it all to end. It simply is too much. The scene in which one of the female victims begs her warden to kill her is one of the more understandable. What makes this watchable is the superb photography and deft direction. Also the lead character's unwillingness to surrender her will to her captors makes for some interesting scenes but nothing much comes from it. No high flyer then, but a well crafted genre movie that harks back to Love Camp 7 and Ilsa She Wolf of the SS. For the fans.