Koji Okamoto

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Yasuji Hajima runs a butcher shop. When he was younger, he was just as interested in the sex as the next man but lately he has a hard time satisfying his wife who is still oversexed at her age. The Hajimas have one son, Shuichi, who is studying to enter Tokyo University. It is after he sees his parents acting in which he considers an odious manner that he changes entirely and raises the roof in every whichever way.

The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

First film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.

First film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.

Roman Porno from 1975.

Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war.

日活ロマンポルノとしては初のキネマ旬報ベストテン入りを果たし、ロマンポルノの人気と名声を高めるのに貢献した最初期を代表する傑作。19歳の少女ゆきは、新宿の行きつけの喫茶店で、二郎という青年と出会って意気投合。彼と恋に落ち、処女をささげたゆきだったが、スリ集団の頭目である彼と行動をともにするようになり、自らも悪に手を染めていく。

Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female sex workers, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore the darker sides of the business. The fleeting nature of relationships in such an environment and the consequences of toying with feelings are presented with a melancholy tinge.