is a 1996 Japanese V-Cinema erotic thriller film starring Kumiko Takeda. It is the third installment in the Zero Woman series.
Plot synopsis
Our main character, Rei, is a woman without a past. She works for the Zero Department, an underground police force. She is assigned to kill a group of crime bosses. At the same time, she is haunted by visions of her deceased father and ends up seeking solace of a man, who is later to be revealed to be the hitman hired by the group of crime bosses. Rei now faces a difficult choice.
Cast
Japanese cast
Kumiko Takeda as Rei
Keiji Matsuda as Katsumura
Tokuma Nishimura as Takefuji
Marie Jinno as Sayoko
Charlie Yutani as Daidoji
Mari Nishima as Tomomi
English voice cast
Dorothy Melendrez as Rei
Jackson Daniels as Katsumura
Abe Lasser as Takefuji
Melissa Williamson as Sayoko
Anthony Mozdy as Daidoji
Roberta Endo as Tomomi
John Smallberries as Goda, Kuronuma
David Umansky as Kitoh
Bob Bobson as Delivery Guy
David Lucas as Zero Boss, Rei's Dad
Wendee Lee as Dominatrix
Ian Hawk as Boy
Kaeko Sakamoto as Hostess
Release
The film was released direct-to-video in Japan on VHS on March 5, 1996 and was later released on DVD on March 25, 2000. Central Park Media licensed the film under their Asia Pulp Cinema label. It was released on VHS subtitled on February 22, 2000 and dubbed VHS on April 15, 2001. CPM later released the film on DVD on July 9, 2002. The English dub was produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California.
Reception
TV Guide's Reed Lowie gave the film two stars. He said the film goes off through a slow start, and not enough action to satisfy the viewer, although Lowie also complimented on how the cinematography was well-done (aside from a few scenes that were shot in the dark. Jim Mclennan of GirlswithGuns.org described the film as "grimly fiendish, yet effective killer's romance".
See also
Girls with guns
Zero Woman, for a list of movies in the series.