Himekami (姫神) is a Japanese musical group. The name is derived from Mount Himekami in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. The group was founded in 1980 by composer Yoshiaki Hoshi as Himekami Sensation (姫神せんせいしょん Himekami Senseishon), and includes synthesizer player Yoshiki Hoshi (星吉紀) and vocalists Wakako Nakajima, Tomoko Fujii, Junko Shiwa, and Yoriko Sano. The group changed its name to Himekami in 1984.
A medieval Book of the Dead is discovered in the catacombs that run under a small town strip club. When one of the desperate strippers raises an army of the undead, the rest of the strippers must kick zombie ass to save the world. This movie stars several known faces from Japan's adult movie industry, most notably Sora Aoi.
The Gimmies is a Japanese Garage Punk Rock band created by guitarist Sora in 1997. Described by one reviewer as "a band that wants to beat every song to a pulp with an unmitigated fury". What The Gimmies' Punk-Rock sound may lack in variation is more than made up in ferocious energy. In 2002, they released their debut album 'Auto Shut-Off….Any Questions?' on Japanese label Star Jets. "The screaming guitars tap into the Detroit sounds of The Stooges and the MC5", wrote an impressed reviewer… The Gimmies currently have 2 singles, 3 full albums, and inclusion on multiple compilations to their credit. They are primal rock personified – a garage band that kicks ass and doesn't take names.