Pink film

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Pink film (ピンク映画 Pinku eiga?) is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic films. Films of this genre first appeared in the early 1960s, were particularly popular in the 1970s and 1980s and are still being produced. The term pinku eiga was coined by journalist Minoru Murai. Pink films should be distinguished from adult videos and non-Japanese sexploitation films.

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[edit] Description and Subgenres

All these films use female nudity and scenes of simulated sexual activity, without ever actually showing genitals. This is a result of strict Japanese censorship rules. Shot on film for release in a network of specialized cinemas, the films are usually about one hour long.

Subgenres produced by Nikkatsu studios include the early (starting in 1971) Roman Porno (short for Romantic Pornography) pink films with well known directors, and an ultra-violent rape-themed subgenre also from the 1970s called Violent Pink.

Toei studios' genre of erotic sex-and-violence films is termed Toei's Pinky Violence. Unlike Nikkatsu's pink films, most of Toei's pink films were not centered on just eroticism itself, but used it in conjunction with violent action-scenes & story-plots, and have some artistic merit. Several of these films have the theme of strong women exacting violent revenge for past injustices. Examples of Toei's films include Shunya Ito's Sasori (lit. scorpion) series of women in prison films (Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)) based on Toru Shinohara's manga and starring Meiko Kaji, who had left Nikkatsu Studios to distance herself from pink films and has only one erotic scene in the series. After first Ito and then Kaji left the project, the series rapidly deteriorated in artistic quality and focused more on sex and violence.

[edit] Directors

While some directors have used pink films as a steppingstone for their careers, others work exclusively with the genre. Some notable directors of pink films include:

[edit] Actresses

Some notable pinku eiga actresses include:

[edit] Films

Some notable pinku eiga films include:

[edit] Further reading

  • Macias, Patrick. 2001. TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion. Cadence Books. San Francisco. (ISBN 1-56931-681-3)
  • Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser. 1998. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. (ISBN 1-889288-52-7)

[edit] External links

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