Shirubaa (1999)

Jun Shirogane’s entire family was murdered by criminals while she was at a karate tournament, which makes her the perfect first member of the Japanese secret police branch known as the Fear of God, getting the secret identity of Jun Silver and becoming a pro wrestler. Are you shocked that I loved this movie or surprised that it came from Takeshi Miike?

The first mission to stop Mistress Nancy Otori, who likes to tie up bank presidents and abuse them and then blackmail them, but when she two-times a member of the Viper’s Nest, Silver gets the info she needs and is able to complete her mission.

If you love 1990s Japanese women’s pro wrestling, Shinobu Kandori and Rumi Kazama — who formed Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling — play themselves in this movie. This is also based on the manga by Hisao Maki, who also created Bodyguard Kiba and WARU, as well as the writer for the wrestling-related Lone Tiger, which has Richard Lynch as a promoter, and a man trying to find the man who killed his tiger mask-wearing wrestling father, which is funny, because Maki was the brother of Ikki Kajiwara, who created Champion Joe and more importantly, Tiger Mask, a character so famous that there’s still a real-life version who is a member of the New Japan Pro Wrestling roster.

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