Go Nagai, the wonderfully warped mind who created Kekko Kamen, brought us another outrageous and sexy superheroine. Maboroshi Panty (Miyuki Katori) is a scantily clad crime fighter who conceals her identity by wearing a pair of panties over her face. You know, those newfangled Marvel movies could learn a thing or two from a dude like Nagai.
Our setting is an all-girl Catholic school in the Wild West town of Crime City that's ruled by nuns. If you’re wondering why it’s an all-girl school, it’s because it’s an all-girl town. No men allowed! A stranger rolls into town and the girls welcome her as one of their own. However, the new gal is hiding a rather… large secret. When the evil nuns try to harm her, it’s up to superheroine Maboroshi Panty to save the day.
The mix of Japanese schoolgirls, sexy superheroes, sadistic nuns, and Spaghetti Western is kind of irresistible, especially when all the elements crash headlong into one another. A sterling example of this is the saloon scene. The saloon looks like the average watering hole you’d see in an ordinary western except instead of being populated by dusty cowpokes, the bar is crowded with Catholic Japanese schoolgirls. Oh, and they even break out into song about how much they need a man.
Oh yeah, did I mention it’s a musical? And that some of the musical numbers feature people in Native America dress singing public domain songs like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” and “Ten Little Indians”?
This might’ve been an instant classic had it delivered on the T & A. However, it’s surprisingly chaste for a movie about sadistic nuns, lesbian schoolgirls, and superwomen who wear underwear on their face. Still, there are plenty of memorable moments here like when Panty rides through the air on a giant arrow like Harry Potter and impales a row of nuns. Shit like that makes a movie like this virtually critic-proof.
What more can you say about a flick featuring a panty-wearing superheroine that fights evil nuns in a western town? I think this screengrab sums it up about as well as I could:
AKA: Beautiful Detective Maboroshi Panty (Phantom Panty). AKA: Maboroshi Panty.
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