Newlywed Hell
| Newlywed Hell | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster for Newlywed Hell (1975) | |
| Directed by | Akira Katō[1] |
| Produced by | Ryōji Itō |
| Written by |
Oniroku Dan (story) Keiji Kubota (screenplay) |
| Starring | Naomi Tani |
| Music by | Sansaku Okuzawa |
| Cinematography | Hidenobu Niki |
| Edited by | Shinji Yamada |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release dates | December 6, 1975 |
Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Newlywed Hell (新妻地獄 Niizuma jigoku) is a 1975 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Akira Katō and starring Naomi Tani.
Cast
- Naomi Tani: Yukiji[2]
- Terumi Azuma: Natsuko
- Hiroshi Gojō: Aizawa
- Kunio Shimizu: Shigeo Ōtsuki
- Gō Awazu: Tōru Yashiro
- Moeko Eizawa: Naoe Yashiro
- Hiroyuki Mikawa: Mura Tanō
- Namiko Tainaka: Maki
- Chigusa Takayama: Tomi
- Maki Yamamoto: Akemi
- Akiko Yoshii: Woman shoplifter
- Wataru Kobayashi: Miyama
- Tadayuki Kitakami: Shop assistant
- Bunta Tani: Shop assistant
- Ikunosuke Koizumi: Man
- Eisuke Izumi: Man
- Hiroshi Gojō: Mikiya Kagei
Background
Newlywed Hell reunited actresses Naomi Tani and Terumi Azuma, who were known for their many appearances in top Nikkatsu SM-themed Roman Porno films.[3] The two actresses had first appeared together in Masaru Konuma's highly successful Wife to be Sacrificed (1974), and Nikkatsu began pairing them in film projects, with Azuma in the supporting role to "Queen" Tani, with Katsuhiko Fujii's Cruelty: Black Rose Torture (1975).[4]
Director Akira Katō started with the Nikkatsu Roman Porno series at its beginning in November 1971, and stayed with the series throughout its 17-year history. He achieved his greatest success with the films Tokyo Emmanuelle (1975), Slave Wife (1976) and Momoe's Lips: Love Beast (1980).[5]
Availability
Newlywed Hell was released theatrically in Japan on December 6, 1975.[1] It was released to home video on VHS format on November 28, 1991 and re-released on April 28, 1995.[6][7] It was released on DVD in Japan on September 21, 2007, as part of Geneon's ninth wave of Nikkatsu Roman porno series.[8]
Bibliography
English
Japanese
- 新妻地獄(1975) (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- 新妻地獄 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-09-16. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 新妻地獄 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- 新妻地獄(邦画) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- 新妻地獄 (in Japanese). www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com. Retrieved 2009-09-16. External link in
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Notes
- 1 2 "新妻地獄". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-09-16. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ 新妻地獄(邦画) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ↑ 新妻地獄 (in Japanese). www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com. Retrieved 2009-09-16. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 96, 507. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
- ↑ Weisser, pp. 122, 297.
- ↑ "新妻地獄 (VHS)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ↑ "新妻地獄 (VHS)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ↑ ジェネオン エンタテインメントよりＤＶＤリリース (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2011-09-26.