{"id":6013,"date":"2013-01-03T01:36:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T06:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2013-01-03T01:36:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T06:36:57","slug":"nikkatsu-naughties-part-3-spotlight-japan-at-the-tiff-bell-lightbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6013","title":{"rendered":"Nikkatsu Naughties: Part 3 + Spotlight Japan at the TIFF Bell Lightbox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seriously: she can act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The TIFF Bell Lightbox announced yesterday their new Spotlight Japan <\/a>which actually consists of several thematic streams, including The Catch: Masterworks of Eighties Japanese Cinema<\/a> (March 5 \u2013 April 6), Japanese Divas: Great Actresses of Classic Japanese Cinema<\/a> (January 24 \u2013 March 31), and Tokyo Drifters: 100 Years of Nikkatsu<\/a> (January 19 \u2013 April 6).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a surprisingly huge roster of films, and fans of Kinjo Fukasaku (Battle Royale<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>]) can catch a free screening of Fall Guy<\/strong> on Sunday March 17 at 7pm. Those familiar with Nikkatsu ought to enjoy the studio\u2019s mix of exploitation films, although for obvious reasons there\u2019s no inclusion of the studio\u2019s adult product when it switched from familiar genres to smut to reinvigorate its dwindling film revenues.<\/p>\n

Synapse have been distributing Impulse Pictures Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection for a year now, with 10 volumes of naughty films with Wrong material now available, and I\u2019ve uploaded another set: Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon \/ Onna ky\u00f4shi: Yogoreta h\u00f4kago<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (1981), where the return of a traumatic event from the past upsets a teacher\u2019s libido and sends her on a soul-searching quest with a socially Wrong finale; and Sex Hunter: Wet Target \/ Sekkusu hant\u00e2: Nureta hy\u00f4teki<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (1972), in which a recently paroled half-breed seeks out the defilers and killers of his baby sister while moonlighting as a barman and live sex performer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still blows the mind that Nikkatsu\u2019s adult stream was filmed in \u2018scope, and featured an arguably highbrow mix of graphic Wrong sex and actual screenplays. As production was amped up over a 10 year period things seemed to get looser and crazier, but certainly the above two films could stand as erotic dramas if their adult content was trimmed, and most of the graphic Wrongness was inferred rather than splayed up front in 2.35:1.<\/p>\n

The 2012 Shinsedai Film Festival tested the waters by offering a pink double-bill<\/a>, so perhaps the broad distribution of Nikkatsu\u2019s adult line \u2013 dubbed the Roman Porno series \u2013 might make some of the more adventurous entries okay for special screenings. Then again, boffing one\u2019s aggressor to gain freedom isn\u2019t an acceptable message, so\u2026 maybe not.<\/p>\n

Coming next<\/em>: a podcast with composer Atli Orvarsson with assorted soundtrack reviews.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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Nikkatsu Naughties recently released on Video: \u00a0Amazon.ca<\/a>\"\" — Amazon.com<\/a>\"\" — Amazon.co.uk<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

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The TIFF Bell Lightbox announces its Spotlight Japan series, which focuses on classic 80s films, divas of the silver screen, and a selection of exploitation films from Nikkatsu, the established studio that switched gears in 1971 and embraced smut like Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon \/ Onna ky\u00f4shi: Yogoreta h\u00f4kago (181) and Sex Hunter: Wet Target \/ Sekkusu hant\u00e2: Nureta hy\u00f4teki (1972) – two erotic ‘roman porno’ titles just reviewed, and recently released by Impulse Pictures \/ Synapse Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[6,5],"tags":[1776,167,658],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1yZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}