Girl in Captivity 2: Hitwoman in Chains, Japanese Sexploitation at its Best

Yep, young Japanese men don't have a clue. They meet a sweet and doting Japanese babe and they are in love. They don't know what every American knows. That is...every sultry Japanese babe is in reality...an international assassin. These women may cook up a nice breakfast and pour the beers for their mate...but when hubby goes off to work, these same women don leather catsuits and arm themselves with machine guns and Chinese throwing stars. Today we look at 2009's "Girl in Captivity 2: Hitwoman in Chains."

The aforementioned housewife/assassin is Mitsuki (Riri Koda). She and her husband run a greasy spoon in Japan...and they are such a sweet couple. Koji (Naoyuki Chiba) has no clue as to his wife's past. Clues will cascade as the film progresses. A deadly rapist comes to the café and corners Mitsuki...poor, sweet, helpless Mitsuki. Fear not...Mitsuki is actually Suki...deadly BDSM assassin. The rapist will be disposed of with much blood and Mitsuki is a hero. Her fame draws attention...for an assassin, this is not good. The next visitors to her café are two underworld thugs, and one of them is a S&M beauty who fantasizes about torturing her.

In a bloody abduction, the underworld gang gets Mitsuki back. She's now chained. Her husband has no clue who took her or why. The backstory is complicated but classic. As a BDSM dominatrix, Suki was hired to kill a politician. She fell in love with him instead. Never good. Uh oh...the politician (Yuya Matsuura) is now important in Japanese politics and needs his relationship with the BDSM torturer kept quiet. He dispatches the thugs to abduct her. In chains, Mitsuki (Suki) is still dangerous. She'll be tortured and stripped and the aforementioned S&M beauty will begin her torture sessions. Unfortunately for the sultry thug, Mitsuki reverts to being Suki again and the lingerie clad torturer will be...well, you'll see.

Will Koji ever find out about Mitsuki's true identity? Will Mitsuki escape her abductors, and if so, will she return to Koji? Is this film a biting statement of what the misogynistic Japanese culture turns women into? Gratuitous and satisfying, "Girl in Captivity 2: Hitwoman in Chains," is Japanese sexploitation at its best.