Wednesday, May 6, 2026

 Mehyo aka Female Leopard (1985)- Kôyû Ohara.

'After doing something bad, your body becomes hot!'


An attractive young woman Yuko (Kozu Tanaka) reunites with her estranged, deeply eccentric artist brother Takuya (Yukihiko Sato), and during her stay in the lavish family estate, she becomes aware of increasingly bizarre nocturnal escapades, noting her brother's erotic obsessions proving to be anything but fraternal. Any eminently disgraceful Nikkatsu production that begins with a kaleidoscopically kinky soiree is sure to escalate in a splendidly thrilling manner, which Mehyo does magnificently! Stating that Mehyo is a trifle fruity is like saying Eli Roth remains an excruciatingly dull film-maker, it simply doesn't do it any real justice.


Acting like a most invigorating tonic, I found director Ohara had a gift for evoking a teasingly voyeuristic milieu of faintly sinister erotica. Filled with outré incident, featuring a deliciously intrusive sequence wherein the increasingly unstable brother brutishly 'investigates' the physical suitability of his erstwhile lover's body. Does she make the grade? Watch Female Leopard and find out! Outside of the impeccable array of ravishingly beautiful women, I also found the score to be altogether spiffing too! While not an example of wall-to-wall Nikkatsu extremity, the performances are fine, it's frequently frisky, bluntly incestuous, competently shot, and is especially blessed by its beguilingly charismatic, exquisitely lovely leading lady.












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