Starring: Miki Sunohara

Produced by: Giga

Running time: One hour

You can't always judge a Japanese porn film by its DVD cover. While the cover art for Superheroine in Grave Danger, Vol. 47 looks pretty lame, the film is actually a solid GIMP outing.

Pretty Miki Sunohara stars as the superheroine in the sexy cowgirl outfit. Because this is a Giga flick, Miki does battle with all kinds of goofy-looking aliens who appear to have been tossed from the Star Wars bar. What separates this film from some other Giga titles, however, is its classic depictions of torture. Miki is beaten and humiliated in good old-fashioned ways without any laser effects or animation. The traditional approach is used to great effect.

The story has something to do with Miki trying to protect an ugly-looking alien (ugly even by this film's standards) from some villains. Miki gets into martial arts fights with the bad guys and does a pretty good job kicking ass. Unfortunately for the superheroine, the villains capture the guy Miki was trying to protect and Miki is forced to surrender.

Inside the villains' lair, Miki is brought into a creepy room by an alien in black. Miki, stripped down to thong panties, has a leather collar around her neck that is linked to a metal rod that her captor is holding. The villain also has some wooden boards he is using to whip Miki when he is giving commands.

The villain slaps Miki's ass with the boards and orders her to stand on a table to pose in front of three aliens in chairs.

Slave-girl Miki seems to need obedience training, so the villain in black smacks Miki's ass and legs with the boards to get her to spread her legs. He also yanks on her collar and strikes her ass to get her to drop to all fours with her butt facing the alien audience.

Once Miki is on her hands and knees, the seated aliens check out her ass. I don't claim to understand alien-speak or Japanese but the chortling and positive nods confirm Miki's derriere passes inspection. The villain in black pushes the crotch part of Miki's thong panties aside so the villains can assess Miki's pussy, as Miki looks humiliated.

Another smack to the ass gets Miki to stand up. Her ass is slapped once more and her collar is yanked to force her to turn to face the audience. After some arguing between Miki and the aliens, the fiends decide Miki needs to be cleaned up. The villain in black uses the metal rod to hold Miki in place on stage as hoses spray the heroine with cold water.

Miki does some excellent squirming and squealing as the cold water is blasted up and down her body.

Miki's back is paddled with the boards and she is once again told to get on her hands and knees. As Miki assumes the doggie position, the cold water is sprayed directly at Miki's panty-covered pussy, eliciting squirms, whimpers and squeals from the heroine.

With Miki still on all fours, Miki's panties are pushed aside and the cold water is sprayed at her exposed pussy. The villain in black also spreads Miki's butt cheeks with his hands and Miki shrieks as the water is blasted into her bung hole.

In a new scene, Miki is kneeling on a small stage in the creepy room, with handcuffs and chains lifting her arms lifted above her. A villain enters the room and paces around the stage, issuing threats as dripping-wet Miki shivers.

More villains show up -- the three aliens that like sitting in chairs to watch the action, and a human guy who also threatens Miki. The alien in black returns, as well, using the metal rod and neck collar to restrain the ugly alien that Miki was trying to protect.

The ugly alien is positioned to Miki's right so he can be forced to watch Miki's suffering. The human villain uses the wooden boards from the earlier scene to thrash Miki, delivering blows to Miki's back and her ass (the impact of the shots accentuated by sound effects). Some hits look more punishing than others but the overall effect is quite good.

Miki does a tremendous job responding to each crack, with yelps and jerks that are very convincing. She also looks great whimpering and shivering between blows, and there are some wonderful shots of her looking helplessly at the captive ugly alien as the torment continues.

The human villain mocks the powerless ugly alien and slaps Miki's legs with the boards. He then delivers more whippings to Miki's back and to her legs and stomach, and there are more great shots of the helpless look on the heroine's pretty face.

Once the beatings finally end, the human villain feels up Miki's body, including fondling her breasts. The villain slides his hand down Miki's panties and finger fucks her. The villain then taunts Miki by waving his wet fingers close to her mouth and soft lips.

The villain moves behind Miki and puts his hand between her legs to finger her some more. Writhing Miki's reactions -- her twists and jerks, her gasps and panting, the way she grits her teeth or clamps her lips -- are exceptionally hot. Similar to the whipping scene, there are some terrific shots of Miki looking helplessly at the ugly captive as she's being debased.

The villain's hand is splashing against Miki's soaked pussy by the time Miki climaxes. The laughing villain taunts Miki once again by showing his sticky fingers to the quivering, drained beauty.

The human villain plants some kisses on Miki in a scene that looks too consensual for my tastes (perhaps it was supposed to show how much Miki has been broken). Next, the chains holding Miki are lowered and the human villain stands on the stage and has Miki blow him. This part also looks more consensual than it should, although it's redeemed somewhat by some nice shots of disgraced Miki looking at the ugly alien as her face is pumped.

The chains holding Miki's arms are lowered a bit further to allow the human villain to fuck Miki doggie style. The ugly alien is forced to move in close to witness the violation. Miki delivers in this scene, which includes some excellent close-ups of Miki's reactions.

Once the human rapist is done, an alien takes his turn plowing Miki. This second rape has some nice moments but it doesn't last too long, as an alien arrives with news that Miki must be set free to return to the battlefield.

The rest of the movie is too odd to describe. It's worth noting, though, that it ends with Miki back in captivity. She is standing on the small stage, in just her thong panties, with her arms bound above her. Various villains and the ugly guy she was trying to protect are surrounding her, rubbing swords and other weapons against her quivering body. It's a brief scene and then the movie fades to black.

My grade: A-