{"id":1661,"date":"2010-11-24T01:38:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2010-12-20T21:59:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T02:59:04","slug":"dvd-nikkatsu-roman-porn-trailer-collection-the-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=1661","title":{"rendered":"DVD: Nikkatsu Roman Porn Trailer Collection, The (2010 )"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Label\/Studio: Impulse Pictures \/ Catalogue: IMP-0016\u00a0\/ Region: 1 (NTSC) \/\u00a0Released: November 9, 2010<\/p>\n

Genre: Eros \/ Adult \/ Pink Film<\/p>\n

Synopsis: Collection of rare Japanese pink film trailers from the seventies and early eighties.<\/p>\n

Special Features: Bonus Short Film: \u201cRyoko\u2019s Lesbian Flight + video trailer (30:01) \/ Booklet with liner notes by Jasper Sharp.<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Impulse Picture\u2019s collection of adult trailers is a far different offering than mechanical sex films designed to engorge and relieve stressed-out audiences.<\/p>\n

As author Jasper Sharp (Behind the Pink Curtain: The Compete History of Japanese Sex Cinema<\/strong>) explains in the liner notes, Japanese censors were very particular about the suppression or obfuscation of genitalia \u2013 the key ingredient in American and (generally) western porn \u2013 and that created a conundrum for filmmakers wanting to create erotic material that was still risqu\u00e9.<\/p>\n

They could dramatize or film adult behaviour, but all the naughty details were taboo, so the solution was to mimic conventions \u2013 the school teacher film, the wanderer film, the crime film, etc. \u2013 and make a kind of hybrid that explored allowable, dark subject matter like rape, S&M, and, er, rape.<\/p>\n

Most of the trailers in this collection illustrate the bizarre fixation on sexual violence or violation, but they also represent a smattering of sample material from\u00a0Nikkatsu<\/a>, a veteran studio equivalent to MGM or Fox with a long history of mainstream and artistic films that decided the adult (or \u2018pink<\/a>\u2019) market was worth getting into.<\/p>\n

Branded Nikkatsu Roman Porno, the line included around 850 productions (in-house, affiliated, and independent) made between 1971-1988, and many of the trailers reflect the kind of studio-quality production values and striking style American porn makers probably dreamed of making had their industry not been reliant on sometimes questionable financing sources and producers, as well as outright vilification by conservative groups that ensured XXX films were relegated to smut venues. Some of the films were shot in 2.35 \u2018scope, featured gorgeous cinematography, rich sets, costumes, every day or historical locations, and very attractive performers.<\/p>\n

Unusual by western standards, the trailer lengths vary from :30 seconds to less than 2 mins., feature old-style teaser text that blatantly state a film\u2019s most lurid qualities, and seem to presume audiences were familiar with specific adult sub-genres, like wayward school teachers. That meant less time was spent establishing characters, and the narratives basically show dramatic peaks as men and women arrive, engage, assault, climax, leave, run, walk, or re-engaging in sexual matters civil, sensual, and\/or violent.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s actually quite fascinating, because unlike short western teaser or TV trailers, Nikkatsu apparently didn\u2019t want to waste the audience\u2019s time. The basic format is: studio name + \u2018news announcement\u2019 herald + clip montage + screaming text telling you \u2018this is the dirtiest, nastiest stuff you want to see now!\u2019 + end.<\/p>\n

Whether all the films actually delivered the advertized goods is speculative, but Impulse Pictures is slated to release the first set of Nikkatsu naughties:\u00a0Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon<\/strong>, and\u00a0Debauchery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This collection includes 38 trailers totaling about 60 mins., and the bulk of them are in\u00a0amazing<\/em>condition. Most seem to have been mastered from near-pristine sources, hence the striking colours and compositions that immediately grab the viewer.<\/p>\n

Sub-genres include wayward wives tired of being trapped in \u201cconcrete tomb\u201d apartments asserting rage through sexual promiscuity as prostitutes (Apartment Wife: Afternoon Affair<\/strong>), naughty teachers (Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon<\/strong>, and\u00a0Female Teacher: In Front of the Students<\/strong>), cheeky liberal nurses\u00a0((Nurse Diary: Mischievous Fingers<\/strong> and\u00a0Nurses\u2019 Dormitory: Assy Fingers<\/strong>), nymphomaniacs in seaside villages (Nympho Diver: G-String Festival<\/strong> and\u00a0Pearl Divers: Tight Shellfish<\/strong>), sex fiends, sex hunters, and rape films featuring no-nonsense titles (Rape Me<\/strong>,\u00a0Rape!<\/strong>, and the singing idol\/kidnapping\/crime hybrid\u00a0Rape Shot: Momoe\u2019s Lips<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Offensively titled and potentially\u00a0wrong<\/em>? Perhaps more so than western films, but there\u2019s also a level of absurdity to the porn genre as a whole, and the commentary text in some of the trailers is downright hysterical \u2013 not because of Japanese-English translation, but the attempt to give the events within the montages some, er, uhm,\u00a0literary<\/em> flair.\u00a0Nympho Driver<\/strong> features \u201cSopping wet sea anemones,\u201d whereas\u00a0Apartment Wife<\/strong> is \u201cOverwhelmingly Nikkatsu Roman Porn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alternatively (and more icky), the discretely branded\u00a0Rape Me: Sexual Assault in a Hotel Room<\/strong>repeatedly has the text \u201cRape Me!\u201d zooming towards the audience, and its final caption reads \u201cIntense joy\u2026 for that alone.\u201d The most bizarre view within the \u2018ambiguously\u2019 titled\u00a0Rape!<\/strong> isn\u2019t that it\u2019s a violent act, but an apparently common and shared experience that\u2019s part of the hard knocks during early adulthood. And in the rural drama\u00a0Confidential Report: Prostitute Torture Hell<\/strong>, a man woefully says to a T-strapped woman, \u201cI have to do this\u201d before \u2018taking her\u2019 in front of a mob of villagers. The trailer\u2019s closing caption? \u201cThe heart of a woman is a terrible thing, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Less risqu\u00e9 are\u00a0Nurse Diary: Beastly Afternoon<\/strong>, where the little health helpers are hypnotized by a pale woman, and a bell is inserted deep into her hoo-ha (hence the ringing bell sound that plays over the Nikkatsu title logo, and key dramatic shots in the central montage); and\u00a0Nurse Diary: Mischievous Fingers<\/strong>, which contains more down-to-earth nuances \u2013 fart jokes.<\/p>\n

Throughout the trailer collection \u2013 which is more than enough at 60 mins. \u2013 one sees which films have storylines, gloss, and some finesses; which offer narrow fetishistic material; and some that are silly and probably unmemorable. Certainly in the early films, the use of elegant \u2018scope and some striking locations \u2013 cliffs, beaches, mountains, rural villages, and manicured gardens and parks \u2013 distinguishes them.<\/p>\n

As porn itself was eventually cheapened by video, Nikkatsu apparently moved into the realm of the video edit suite, and the DVD\u2019s bonus short,\u00a0Ryoko\u2019s Lesbian Flight<\/strong>, is an example of product from the Roman Porn\u2019s final years.<\/p>\n

The porn video is slick, but offers no story beyond two stewardesses exiting a (real) airport, and one woman\u2019s night of love with her male partner being upstaged by her hungry female colleague. There\u2019s competition and jealousy when the man arrives, and any details are fogged by blocky pixels or a great white fuzzy oval, both of which look completely absurd considering the filmmakers made a point of filming and editing graphic footage in the first place.<\/p>\n

Funny, absurd, and unsettling, Impulse\u2019s DVD is another well-produced release for connoisseurs of vintage erotica.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2010 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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Return to:\u00a0Home \/ Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews \/ N to O . Film: Very Good \/ DVD Transfer: Excellent \/ DVD Extras: Good Label\/Studio: Impulse Pictures \/ Catalogue: IMP-0016\u00a0\/ Region: 1 (NTSC) \/\u00a0Released: November 9, 2010 Genre: Eros \/ Adult \/ Pink Film Synopsis: Collection of rare Japanese pink film trailers from the seventies and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[167,168],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-qN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}