Naked Seven

aka Sengoku Rock: Female Warriors and Warring States Rock: Gale-Force Women is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe and starring Mari Tanaka. Synopsis In Japan's Sengoku period, a group of beautiful women warriors are on a mission to deliver a sacred scroll to a distant lord. On the way, they help a small village in its fight against bandits. Cast Mari Tanaka: Wan Keiko Tsuzuki: Shino Yuri Yamashina: Nene Shō Munakata: Yayoi Setsuko Ōyama: Sakura Sayori Shima: Suzume: Suzume Keiko Aikawa: Ume kenji kaji: Tarō Tenma Hyōe Enoki: Jizō Rokkaku Genjirō Arato: Nojirō Nitta Hiroshi Gojō: Saburō of Santo Machiyo Mako: Genshū Hanayagi: Mother of Yayoi Background The screenplay to Naked Seven was written by the cult film director Atsushi Yamatoya, who had helped write the screenplay to Seijun Suzuki's cult classic Branded to Kill (1967). Yamatoya is best known for his own noir crime-thriller-cum pink film Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967). The plot of Naked Seven is an obvious take-off on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954), which it satirizes. American arthouse audiences could appreciate the parody of Kurosawa, but to Japanese audiences the film also served as a reference to director Yasuharu Hasebe's own popular Alleycat Rock series (1970–71) from the pre-Roman Porno era. This series featured actress Meiko Kaji in stories about a female motorcycle gang.