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Cauldron Of Death (Ricco) (1973) 
- Dir. Tulio DeMicheli
Feat. Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo 
- Masquerading as a B–grade horror, this is actually a melodramatic Italian revenge thriller concerning the son of a murdered mobster who is…
 
Don Juan (or if Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973) 
- Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere 
- Notable mainly as the last appearance from screen goddess Brigitte Bardot, this erotic drama sees the sex–kitten playing a lusty seductress who…
 
Female Yakuza Tale (Yasagure anego den: sôkatsu rinchi) (1973) 
- Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Reiko Ike 
- A scorned Reiko Ike returns in this remarkably trashier sequel to SEX AND FURY, ready to unleash another roaring rampage of revenge on sadistic…
 
Grande Bouffe, La (1973)
 
- Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli… 
- A wonderful bare–faced satire that indulges its social metaphor through a dinner party of four rich, bored middle–aged men who decide to…
 
I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse (J'irai comme un cheval fou) (1973) 
- Dir. Fernando Arrabal
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon 
- With VIVA LA MUERTE, this represents the peak of the cinematic surrealism of dir. Arrabal, threading another quasi–medieval fable with liberal…
 
Lone Wolf & Cub 5: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) 
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Michiyo Ookusu… 
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro. 
In this 5th instalment, Itto must battle 5 samurai to…
 
Sex and Fury (Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô) (1973)
 
- Dir. Norifumi Suzuki
Feat. Reiko Ike 
- Japanese exploitation cinema proves itself unrivaled with this slice of 70s celluloid anarchy, trailing a mostly nude Reiko Ike as she slashes and…
 
Themroc (1973)
 
- Dir. Claude Faraldo
Feat. Michel Piccoli 
- Satirical in a most primitive, bestial way, this astonishing fable sees frustrated factory–worker Michel Piccoli cease to speak one morning,…
 
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
 
- Dir. Shunya Ito
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Kayuko Shiraishi 
- A classic of Japanese 70s exploitation cinema, this charts the grim road to freedom for a gaggle of women escaped–convicts with a feverish…
 
Hanzo The Razor Trilogy (The Razor: Sword of Justice; Razor 2: The Snare; Razor 3: Who's Got the Gold?) (1972-1974) 
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu 
- Mind–boggling samurai film series combines a 1970s taste for heroic bloodshed with a strongly Japanese sexploitation angle.
Featuring the…