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9781903254547: Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema

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ISBN 10 : 190325454X ISBN 13 : 9781903254547

Editeur : FAB Press, 2008

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Behind the Pink Curtain A wild joy ride deep into the hinterlands of Japanese culture, society and radical politics by way of the weird, wonderful world of the Pink Film and Roman Porno genres. Focusing on the art and industry of one of the most notorious sectors of Japanese filmmaking, this is a lively, yet serious, exploration. Even today, almost 100 such titles are shot on 35mm every year. Many of Japans most noted filmmakers today have cut their teeth in this industry. Just how close are the links between the arthouse and the grindhouse in Japan? Read about: the ins and outs of Japanese censorship from the wartime to today how topless deep sea diving girls came to woo local aud...

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Steamy, subversive, exotic & bizarre! Behind the Pink Curtain takes the reader on a wild joy ride deep into the hinterlands of Japanese culture, society and radical politics by way of the weird and wonderful world of the country's distinctive sex film movements. Behind the Pink Curtain focuses on one of the most notorious sectors of Japanese filmmaking, the erotic Pink Film, or pinku eiga genre, and the closely related Roman Porno films produced by Nikkatsu studios from 1971 to 1988. From the early '60s onwards major Japanese film studios and independent producers alike have kept up a conveyor belt level of output of pornographic features intended purely for cinema release. Still today, just short of 100 such titles are shot on 35mm every year intended for screening in a specialist network of adult cinema across the nation. In recent years, many have been released on DVD in the West or screened at international film festivals, while many of Japan's most noted filmmakers today cut their teeth in this industry. Read about: -- the ins and outs of Japanese censorship from the wartime onwards; -- how topless deep sea diving girls came to woo local audiences in the '50s; -- how a TV nature documentary maker made nude female Tarzan movies; -- how '60s mavericks Koji Wakamatsu and Masao Adachi met John and Yoko; -- how one of Japan's most famous literary figures ended up the subject of the country's first gay porno movie; -- how one of Nikkatsu's leading directors went it alone to make a film about powerboat racing and ended up in the bad books of the yakuza; -- how the sex farce Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice was re-titled The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai and became one of the most talked-about Japanese films ever, playing at over twenty international film festivals. Based on extensive interviews with many of the leading figures in the field, Behind the Pink Curtain is a colourful and exhaustive expose' of Japan's most vibrant and prolific filmmaking sector.

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Takes the reader on a wild joy ride deep into the hinterlands of Japanese culture, society and radical politics by way of the weird and wonderful world of the country's distinctive sex film movements. Focusing on one of the most notorious secrets of Japanese filmmaking, the erotic Pink Film (or pinku eiga) genre, Behind the Pink Curtain features numerous interviews with leading figures in the field and offers an exhaustive, yet colourful, trawl through Japan's most vibrant and prolific film sector.

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