The 2010 comedy-splatterfest Horny House of Horor is another low budget gem from Japan that’s full of spurting blood, cheap titillation, and lowbrow humor. But what really makes this one a must-have, is that the entire female cast is composed of JAV alumnae. What more could you expect or want from director Jun Tsugita (Mutant Girls Squad), and splatter master Yoshihiro Nishimiru? The latter of whom was also responsible for most of the blood and gore in the films mentioned in this entry.
Gracing the film’s poster at right, are (left to right) Mint Suzuki, Saori Hara (known as “Mai Nanami” in her pre-AV days), and Asami Sugiura (credited in the movie as just “Asami”). The ladies play a trio of castrating cuties employed at the Shogun Massage Parlor, a “fashion health” establishment, which is actually (as the Japanese title implies) a fashion hell establishment for the men who patronize it. Highly recommended if you like a lot of blood with your comedy and with your T&A.
Kaori, Nonoko, and Nagasi (played by Mint, Asami, and Saori, respectively) allowing the
customers to feel a small sample of the goods before leading them upstairs.
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Mint Suzuki plays the seemingly sweet but sadistic Kaori, who shares a “very close” relationship with the equally evil but less subdued Nonoko. Mint is the lowest-profile JAV idol of the three here, so there’s no Wikipedia page or website where you can find out anything and everything on her, but here’s her Livedoor blog (in Japanese) and Google (Translate and Search) is always everyone’s friend.
Asami as Nonoko shows some pretty decent fighting skills in what could be considered the film’s climatic scene. Asami has chalked up an impressive list of non-JAV credits to her name, mainly in the horror/gore genre, such as The Machine Girl, Robo Gesha, Mutant Girls Squad and the soon-to-be released Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead. She’s also appeared at independent horror film festivals outside of her native Japan and given interviews, through a translator. To learn pretty much all you’d want to know about Asami and her career, just check out her very detailed Wikipedia page.
Spoiler Alert: Unlike the other two girls at Shogun, Saori’s character, Nagasi leads us to believe she’s just working there to pay for her mother’s medical bills and she doesn’t share the same taste for blood that her colleagues do. Maybe half that is true. She doesn’t seem to take the same pleasure in separating the men from their “valuables” as the other ladies do, and she does make an effort to escape with one of her intended victims, but in the end, we learn her true motivation for working there, and it’s not a shocker. Saori is another former JAV star with a very complete Wikipedia page.
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Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Chris flirted with the music business there and in Nashville before joining the U.S. Army and serving in South Korea. He remained in Asia for several years afterwards, teaching English, traveling, and covering the regional entertainment scenes. Currently in a mindset between Seoul and San Francisco, besides Idol Features, you can also catch his writings in the print edition of the monthly magazine, Effective.
Asami does have some nice moves in the fight scene. Saori and Mint have nice moves of their own.
I hope Japanese Directors can give Asami a Real Movie break, i think she will nail it on an Action Comedy type of movie. sexy movies are old school for her, as a Fan of Asami, i really wanna see her other capabilities not just on AV or her being just a sidekick. :3 Go go go Asami san!