Cave Queens
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Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring. Offstage, Rumi captivates the gang boss, Iwahara (Shuntaro Emi); while Emi attracts the portly club manager, Yajima (Saburo Sawai). Meanwhile their older brother Shinichi (Ryo Kuromaru), a seaman, is unwittingly assisting Iwahara with his drug running. When Shinichi’s ship is sea-jacked by another drug gang, an outraged Iwahara suspects him of treachery and has him beaten and confined in a dungeon-like basement. Rumi and Emi try to free him, but a gang hitman discovers them - and their attempt ends in failure. Now under suspicion themselves, the girls try to escape, but luck goes against them and they are taken to an island where Iwahara and his crew plan to ambush the rival gang.
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Cast
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Yōko Mihara
Rumi
Known for
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Three Outlaw Samurai
Masayo Banri
Emi
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
Keiji Takamiya
Takeshi
Also in
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Blazing Sword
Teruo Yoshida
Eiji
Known for
Horrors of Malformed Men
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuntarō Emi
Iwahara
Known for
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Saburō Sawai
Yajima
Also in
Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Junko Uozumi
Waitress Saegusa
Also in
Black Line
Impure Nuns
Ryūji Oki
Also in
Sexy Line
Flower, Storm and Gangster
Ryo Kuromaru
Shinichi
Also in
Counterattack of a Queen Bee
Kaachan
Kôichi Miya
Known for
Jigoku
Yōzō Takamura
Known for
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Hiroshi Shingûji
Sabu
Known for
Jigoku
Yoshiki Onoda Director · Kōzō Uchida Screenplay Shin Yamanaka Cinematographer
First release October 1, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 女巌窟王
Production
Shintoho Company
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Japan
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Original title
女巌窟王
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 1, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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