It’s been relatively quiet over at Switchblade Pictures for awhile outside of a few collections, but we may be seeing them ramp up again as the publisher has just announced the acquisition of the 2010 feature Sultry Assassin – The Aphrodisiac Kill. The film is based on the “eroninja” novels by Junichi Yagami and is apparently the first in a series from writer/director Kenichi Fujiwara. He’s had a number of films over the years, including Zombie Hunter Rika. This film stars Akiho Yoshizawa as the titular female ninja Rin, while exploitation stalwart Kesuke, former U.S. adult film star Asami and new ero-horror star Rin Kawai round out the cast.
The film is due out later this year from Switchblade Pictures on subtitled DVD only.
Plot Concept: When drugs, graft and the illegal sex trade, come together, the outcome can be deadly; especially in ancient Edo, where the law is dictated by he who wields the strongest sword. That’s why Yasaburo, a mere commoner, spends all his spare time practicing and refining his prowess with a blade. But when Yasaburo comes to the aid of a woman he believes to be a prostitute, he soon learns that there are more kinds of weapon than he’d ever imagined… for the woman is actually Rin, a female ninja enforcer assigned to pose as a prostitute in order to investigate shipments of an illegal aphrodisiac, and the deadliest weapon in ancient Japan isn’t made of steel or wood, but rather of human flesh in the form of a deadly Kunoichi assassin. Get ready for the wildest eroninja film ever as three of Japan’s hottest female stars bring Junichi Yagami’s epic erotic novels of sex and steel to life in SULTRY ASSASSIN – THE APHRODISAIC KILL!