Beauty Pair Makka na Seishun [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] ["Toei The Classic" Series #25 (Toei's 70th Anniversary 2nd Movie) ] Shine like the bright red sun toward tomorrow's love and fight! The first movie starring Beauty Pair, idols who created a sensation in the women's professional wrestling world in the 1970s! In 1976, Beauty Pair appeared like a comet in the world of women's professional wrestling. The tag team of Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda made their record debut with "Kakemeguru Seishun," and their innovative style of singing in the ring before a match made them explosively popular, especially among middle and high school girls. In this remarkable film, director Makoto Naito, known for his "Bakubancho" series of films, captures the girls at the height of their popularity in all their glory. The film is a documentary-style depiction of the Beauty Pair's glamorous activities on stage and in the ring, as well as a drama-style depiction of the girls' true personalities, including the circumstances of their entry into the world of professional wrestling, the hardships of their training, their deepening friendship, and their unrequited love. The Beauty Pair also sings the theme song, "True Red Youth," and the film features appearances by a number of leading women's professional wrestlers, including WWWA World Champion Mariko Akagi, the Beauty Pair's nemesis Black Pair, Victoria Fujimi, and Nancy Kumi. Yusuke Okada and Mitsuru Sato make special appearances as Beauty Pair's opponents.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: photo gallery, trailer(s)

["東映・ザ・定番 "シリーズ 第25弾 〈東映創立70周年記念 第2弾〉] 明日の愛と闘いに向かって、真赤な太陽のように輝け! 70年代女子プロレス界に旋風を巻き起こしたアイドル、ビューティ・ペアの初主演映画!! 1976年、女子プロレス界に彗星の如く現れたビューティ・ペア。ジャッキー佐藤とマキ上田によるこのタッグチームは、「かけめぐる青春」でレコードデビューし、試合前にリング上で歌う斬新なスタイルで、女子中高生を中心に爆発的な人気を呼んだ。本作品は、映画「不良番長」シリーズで知られる内藤誠監督が、そんな人気絶頂時の彼女たちの姿を余すところなくカメラで捉えた注目作である。映画は、年間250試合の猛烈なスケジュールをこなすビューティ・ペアの舞台やリングでの華やかな活躍をドキュメント・タッチに描くとともに、彼女たちがプロレス界入りする事情や修業の苦しみ、二人の友情の深まり、片想いの恋などの素顔をドラマ仕立てで構成。さらにはビューティ・ペアが主題歌「真赤な青春」も担当し、WWWA世界チャンピオンの赤城マリ子、ビューティ・ペアの宿敵ブラック・ペア、ビクトリア富士美、ナンシー久美といった女子プロを代表する選手も続々登場。ビューティ・ペアの相手役として、岡田裕介、佐藤充が特別出演している。

映像特典: フォトギャラリー、予告編