One of the worst films I have ever watched

When I watched 2014 Kekko Kamen in November 2015, I really hated it. As I told in my review, misogyny and sexual harassment are not funny at all. I also said that the aforementioned Japanese manga-based comedy superhero film was very bad. I added: "Off course a surrealistic B-movie with poor visual effects may be good, and even the bizarre idea of a naked super heroine with an rabbit-eared red mask and scarf who fights with her beautiful body (and has a special strike in which she performs an epic jump, opens her legs and strangles the enemy between her thighs) and with a nunchaku (that she uses quite well) is not the problem (and could also be funny). The drawbacks are that acting and dialogs are awful and poor, and the story is ridiculous, campy and somewhat misogynous: evil (...) school (teachers) torture the students (who are all girls) in a childish but also sexual way, and the superheroine Kekkô Kamen saves the day fighting them in order to allow the victims to 'accomplish their dreams'. Villains are purposely the most ridiculous possible, and it was not funny but just one more reason to hate the film." Well, now (November 2021) I watched the 1992 film Kekko Kamen 2, and everything I criticized in the movie above I keep for this one too. However, it is even worse! It is not a B-movie, but a Z-movie, even more amateur and cheesy than the one from 2004. There are very bad campy action scenes and costumes, and a lot of saddistic sexploitation with young actresses. Ridiculous and disgusting.

Japanese cinema is celebrated for its refined minimalist dramas and avant-garde experimentation; it also introduced popular genres like jidaigeki (samurai epics), kaiju, and anime. Across both high art and mass entertainment, it often explores morality, impermanence, and the pressures of modern life.

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