Name: Akai bôkô
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-01-05
Duration: 1 h 7 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Megumi Saki, Fujio Takahashi, Yuri Yamashina

A rather tame but cute rock'n'roll Pinku flick from the director of Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers and several Angel Guts roughies. This Nikkatsu sleazie follows the rock band Devils both on stage and in their personal lives, band fights, sleazy escapades with groupies etc. The band isn't bad - they have great hair unlike today's lame r'n'r weaklings - and sounds like a glam rock power pop version of Registrators which I once interviewed. Loved the sausage sucking!

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