Mamoru Watanabe

In order to be with the man she loves, Kim goes back to Japan from Korea. The man saved Kim from darkness, when she was little. But he was raised by Kim's mother under the dark world. Now, he is involved in the criminal world. To protect her love, Kim makes a dangerous plan to get the man from her mother.

Documentary filmmaker Kenjiro Fujii takes a look at the history of a distinctly Japanese brand of softcore pornography in this extensive examination of the "pinku eiga" genre (ピンク映画 Pinku eiga or Pinkeiga). For more than 40 years, so-called "pink" films have served as both a key source of revenue for the Japanese film industry as well as a launching pad for the careers of such mainstream filmmakers as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After providing a detailed history of the still-profitable and popular genre through interviews with a variety of behind-the-scenes players and clips from such classic pink films as Fish Bait Boobies, director Fujii shifts his focus to the production of an upcoming pink film to offer a glimpse into the creative and stylistic evolution of the genre.

13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.

The best must be the freshest. The best sake also follows the same principle to brew in which it needs the best and freshest raw materials, and also the freshest virgin to make it? Visiting one of a Japanese pub that seems to offer the best warm sake, Mononobe tries to follow the steps to reproduce the same flavor. However, he suddenly found out that those flavors are actually a combination of sake, sweat, and other bodily secretions of a virgin. As his only daughter is not a virgin anymore, the only way to make the best sake without a pure virgin is...

Sakura and Kenzo are married. Both think they can live a happy marriage, despite the fact that she cannot have children and he does not want to give up her relationship with her lover Yoko.

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Pink film from 1985

Pink film from 1984

Based on the life of Japanese serial killer and thief Kiyotaka Katsuta.

Based on the life of Japanese serial killer and thief Kiyotaka Katsuta.

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

University lecturer Yoshimatsu lusts after Mikiko. He attempts to get closer to her by seducing Mikiko's mother.

Japanese crime film

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Tachibana is a drunk whose gambling compulsion ends up putting him in a bad way with the local Yakuza. Unable to pay his debt, he hocks the deed to his wife Izumi's restaurant (which she inherited from her now deceased father) in order to stay out of trouble with the thugs.

Pinku from 1982, distributed by Nikkatsu.

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu

Mari and Emi are out in Kabukicho. They are both innocent, but Emi gets raped at a disco. Mari decides on a course of revenge...

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1981. A man in debt runs away from home, leaving his elderly father and wife between a rock and a hard place.

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu.

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu.

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1981, distributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1980, distributed by Nikkatsu.

Pinku from 1980, dsitributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1980, dsitributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1980.

An erotic drama reflecting the painful lust of two couples living in a residential complex. When a man got drunk, he undressed his wife and tied her up, and was a pervert who enjoyed insidious pleasures. The wife also experienced the joy of abnormal guilt, but was not satisfied with this one and started an affair with a man from the next room.

Pinku from 1980, distributed by Nikkatsu

Pinku from 1980, distributed by Nikkatsu.

Separated from her lover Kenji after he is sent off to war, Sanae is raped by general Takada and gives birth to a girl, Junko, who grows up to become a prostitute. One day, Kenji accidentally meets Junko and confuses her with Sanae, prompting Junko to tell him of her mother's fate. They make love, leaving Junko pregnant with his child - Hiroko, who goes on to have a chance encounter with Takada at a hostess club...

Triple play of passion! Three bodies entwined in a dizzying rapture! In the bedroom, Tomoko, Hiroshi, and Yukie's naked bodies intertwine, writhing in agony and rapture, and Tomoko's voice echoes, "Who shall we visit tomorrow?"

A man plays the bondage show with his wife, has lung disease, in the end of the 19th century. After his wife dies, an ex-military police guy helps him to get stable life without bondage shows. One day, he meets a woman who closely resembles his ex-wife and she wants to be tied by rope for her husband, who is an artist and near to death, to paint. The woman desperately asks the man to tied her up by rope...

Pinku from 1979.

Pink film from 1979

Pink film distributed by Nikkatsu alongside their Roman Porno series of films.

Pink film distributed by Nikkatsu alongside their Roman Porno series of films.

16 year-old girl named Aya is infatuated with the proletarian politics of working-class rebel, Miyata. Her sister Sono believes the boy is not a good influence and she allows her ‘Master’ (a powerful Judge with whom she is a mistress) to arranged for the authorities to kill Miyata. After the boy’s death, Aya tries to take revenge against the Master but gets arrested for attempted murder. Due to the Master’s influence, Aya is sentenced to house arrest… at the Master’s home (!). She is soon raped and introduced to bondage and extreme sexual abuse.

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

The story of a group of artistic people centred around a bar in Shinjuku.

pinku from japan 1977

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Japanese crime film

Pinku from 1972.

Pinku from 1971.

Pinku from 1971.

The roaming outlaw Okayo, also known as Benten due to the prominent tattoo of the Buddhist Goddess of Love emblazoned across her back. On the run from her persecutors, who seek to claim the tattoo and its skin canvas as a bounty, Okayo finds a safe haven in the arms of the mysterious shakuhachi (bamboo flute) playing Seigaku, himself tattooed with the image of Kisshoten, the Goddess of Prosperity.

The roaming outlaw Okayo, also known as Benten due to the prominent tattoo of the Buddhist Goddess of Love emblazoned across her back. On the run from her persecutors, who seek to claim the tattoo and its skin canvas as a bounty, Okayo finds a safe haven in the arms of the mysterious shakuhachi (bamboo flute) playing Seigaku, himself tattooed with the image of Kisshoten, the Goddess of Prosperity.

This humorous film provides a fascinating insight into Japan’s pornographic underworld, following a band of itinerant smut-peddlers, consisting of Hisao, his wife and main model Saku, and their partner in crime Tori, as they arrive, penniless, at a hot spring resort and attempt to make their money selling nude photos, staging live sex shows and screening homemade blue movies.

Pinku from 1970.

1969 pink film directed by Mamoru Watanabe.

Japanese crime film

Pinku from 1969.

A young bonze who has been deceived by a woman becomes a pornographic painter. He proceeds to tie up his models, rape them and kill them.

After her husband's suicide, young and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji feels alone and helpless -- until one of her husband's major creditors, Mr. Kito, offers a sympathetic ear and a cancellation of all debts. However, Mitsuko soon learns that Kito's intentions are anything but pure, as she's forced to become his personal concubine. Her only, improbable hope for redemption lies with her one true admirer: Kito's very own son.

After her husband's suicide, young and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji feels alone and helpless -- until one of her husband's major creditors, Mr. Kito, offers a sympathetic ear and a cancellation of all debts. However, Mitsuko soon learns that Kito's intentions are anything but pure, as she's forced to become his personal concubine. Her only, improbable hope for redemption lies with her one true admirer: Kito's very own son.

A woman joins with an insurance clerk in trying to kill her husband and thus secure a big insurance pay-out.

A woman joins with an insurance clerk in trying to kill her husband and thus secure a big insurance pay-out.

Pinku from 1965.

16-year-old Tachiko (Kimiko Asuka) discovers the true nature of her father's wife, Fumie (Michiko Sakyo), who is after the fortune of the company president, Gozo (Keisuke Senda), and recommends divorce to him, but she is kidnapped and her virginity is stolen by Hayata (Ryoichi Amano) who is colluding with Fumie. After the funeral for her father, who committed suicide out of pity for his daughter, Tachiko disappears.

16-year-old Tachiko (Kimiko Asuka) discovers the true nature of her father's wife, Fumie (Michiko Sakyo), who is after the fortune of the company president, Gozo (Keisuke Senda), and recommends divorce to him, but she is kidnapped and her virginity is stolen by Hayata (Ryoichi Amano) who is colluding with Fumie. After the funeral for her father, who committed suicide out of pity for his daughter, Tachiko disappears.