Watch Onechanbara: Vortex

Our favorite bikini-clad, cowboy-hat-wearing zombie assassin returns in this follow-up to the Japanese exploitation hit ONECHANBARA. Once again, our clothing-challenged heroine Aya (this time played by the pouty pin-up model Yu Tejima, who brings a slightly, um, curvier approach to the role) battles various zombie hordes, this time with the help of her schoolgirl-uniformed half-sister Saki (now played by Akari Ozawa) and another survivor, clad in leather fetish gear. Released straight to home video in 2009, this sequel continues the original's goofball mash-up of the classic Japanese chanbara (or swordplay) genre with the motifs and imagery of the zombie film, with scantily clad pin-up idols in an assortment of fetish outfits thrown into the mix as well. Slightly darker in tone than the first film (especially during its latter half) but nonetheless surprisingly PG-rated, it succeeds in providing what its alternate English title promises: BIKINI ZOMBIE SLAYERS, complete with zombies, bikinis, swordfights, spouting necks of blood and plenty of Yu Tejima. - Jason Sanders