Mezzo Forte (2000)

Original title

MEZZO FORTE

Directed by

Yasuomi Umetsu

Genre

hentai, action anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

55 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman runs a mercenary agency with her partners. They get involved in dangerous jobs that involve guns and violence.

darkly comicfast-pacedviolentslicktensestylishedgygraphic

What happens

Mezzo Forte (メゾフォルテ, Mezo Forute) is a 2000 original video animation (OVA) directed by Yasuomi Umetsu. In the United States these OVAs were edited into an anime movie that was released on DVD in the same year. The OVA, which concerns a young woman, Mikura Suzuki, and her mercenary business, the Danger Service Agency (D.S.A.), is the spiritual sequel to Umetsu's Kite, as both feature the continuing elements of a highly trained female protagonist, dark comedic tone, extremely violent and slickly directed over-the-top action sequences, as well as the graphic sex scenes, which can be found only in the uncut version. Mezzo Forte takes place sometime after the events of Kite. Like Kite, the OVA was released both in the United States and Japan in two different versions: one with graphic sex scenes taken out, and the other with them left intact. Both versions, however, retain the more violent aspects of the movie. The United States release contains 20 minutes of extra footage not seen in the Japanese release, however, none of the pornographic content from the Japanese director's cut was included. The abridged version of Mezzo Forte, however, has no sex scenes and only contains two nude scenes (in which unobscured female breasts and labia are depicted). In addition, an international version was released in Japan on July 23, 2004. This version includes 20 minutes of extra footage, but none of the adult scenes found in the director's cut or the uncut version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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