Considered one of the best films in Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno series and voted as one of the 100 Best Japanese films of the 20th century by Kinema Junpo, “Ichijo’s Wet Lust” focuses on the life of the famous real-life stripper Sayuri Ichijo, who appears in the movie under her own name. Sayuri became famous in 1970, when she pioneered the tokudashi or ‘open stage’ style of striptease, with her allowing the customers to inspect her private parts with a magnifying glass, a tactic however, who had her charged for breaking obscenity laws and jailed for a short period that year. (source: Jasper Sharp’s Behind the Pink Curtain)
The film is based on Sayuri’s real life but follows a fictional narrative, although the protagonist is actually Hiroko Isayama, who plays Harumi, a girl who also works as a stripper in the same parlor as her more famous colleague, and...
The film is based on Sayuri’s real life but follows a fictional narrative, although the protagonist is actually Hiroko Isayama, who plays Harumi, a girl who also works as a stripper in the same parlor as her more famous colleague, and...
- 4/11/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Kino is adding three Tatsumi Kumashiro films to their DVD catalog on March 23, 2010. These titles join Kino's previous release of two other Kumashiro titles on DVD (Woman with Red Hair and The World of Geisha).
Kumashiro, who is most known for films like Woman Hell:Woods Are Wet and Wet Lips, had diverse career before latching on to Nikkatsu Studios at the inception of roman poruno. Titles in this new Kimstim series, all of which are from Nikkautsu, include: Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor (1972) Twisted Path of Love (1973), and Sayuri Ichijo: Following Desire (1973).
Detailed synopses provided by Kino are featured below.
Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor
Monk Seigen grew up as a lonely child. Chaste and frustrated, he boldly steps out of his shell when he rescues Misako, the daughter of an area yakuza boss who was being abused by some local thugs. The two soon find themselves...
Kumashiro, who is most known for films like Woman Hell:Woods Are Wet and Wet Lips, had diverse career before latching on to Nikkatsu Studios at the inception of roman poruno. Titles in this new Kimstim series, all of which are from Nikkautsu, include: Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor (1972) Twisted Path of Love (1973), and Sayuri Ichijo: Following Desire (1973).
Detailed synopses provided by Kino are featured below.
Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor
Monk Seigen grew up as a lonely child. Chaste and frustrated, he boldly steps out of his shell when he rescues Misako, the daughter of an area yakuza boss who was being abused by some local thugs. The two soon find themselves...
- 3/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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