''The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)'' is a 1975 American pornographic

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exploitation film produced and directed by Bill Milling, under the pseudonym Chiang. It stars Bree Anthony, Tony Richards, Peonies Jong, and

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, and follows a prostitute who is

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d, and who seeks revenge against her rapists after being trained in kung fu with a clan of other women by a martial artist. The film received an

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from the

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Cast

* Bree Anthony as Prostitute (credited as Brie Anthony) * Tony Richards as Monk (as Tony Blue) * Peonies Jong as Ha Tien Sau (as Peonies Jung) *

as Kung Fu Teacher * Jamie Gillis as Hunter * Bobby Astyr as Hunter * Lin Chen Fu as Chao Tzu

Critical reception

Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com called the film "a jarring viewing experience", and wrote that it "has no substance or dramatics, just a random assortment of poses from actors who don't have martial arts training". He concluded: "It should be fun, but it's a little too dark for comfort, with sex scenes more about domination than pleasure ..It's all a big goof, and one that could use 100% less rape to be taken seriously as something light."

Home media

In July 2013, ''The Vixens of Kung Fu'' was released on

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as a

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with another 1975 film, ''Oriental Blue'', also directed by Bill Milling. In 2018, Vinegar Syndrome released the film on

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as part of a five-disc collection titled ''5 Films 5 Years - Volume #3''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vixens of Kung Fu 1970s exploitation films 1970s pornographic films 1975 martial arts films 1975 films American exploitation films American martial arts films American pornographic films American films about revenge Kung fu films American rape and revenge films American sexploitation films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films