is a 1981 Japanese
pink film
in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equiv ...
directed by
Tetsuji Takechi
was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author. First coming to prominence for his theatrical criticism, in the 1940s and 1950s he produced influential and popular experimental kabuki plays. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he conti ...
. It is a remake of Takechi's
1964 pink film of the same name, and is considered the first
hardcore pornographic film to be released theatrically in Japan.
Background
Maverick theater and film director Tetsuji Takechi had directed Japan's first big-budget pink film in 1964 with ''
Daydream
Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current, external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which partici ...
''. He directed more films in the 1960s, including ''Black Snow''
1965
Events January–February
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* January 20
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, which resulted in a high-profile obscenity trial. During the 1970s he concentrated on writing projects, and served as the host of a successful television series, ''The Tetsuji Takechi Hour'' for the previous decade.
In 1981, the then 68-year old Takechi decided to return to film with a hardcore remake of ''Daydream''. Takechi again chose Akira Takeda,
Nagisa Oshima
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's cinematographer between 1965 and 1968, to shoot his film.
Noticing
Kyōko Aizome
is a Japanese erotic actress, singer, writer, and AV and film director. She has been called "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan".
Life and career
Early life
Kyōko Aizome was born in Noda Chiba Prefecture. She grew up in a troubled hou ...
in one of her nude photo magazine appearances, Takechi chose the then unknown actress to star in the film. After the film's release, Aizome added to the controversy by admitting to having performed actual sexual intercourse on camera. Though, as Japanese law required, sexual organs and pubic hair were fogged on screen, the ''
Asahi Shimbun
is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and ...
'' called it a breakthrough film as Japan's first hardcore pornographic movie, and Aizome received national notoriety from starring in the film, thereby becoming Japan's first hardcore pornographic star. Her name became a selling-point for future films such as ''Kyōko Aizome's Somber Reminiscence'' (
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
). Sexual acts in the movie are
unsimulated.
Kei Satō
- with "Kyōko Aizome": ''("In 1981 he appeared in the film Daydream performing an unsimulated sex scene with actress Kyoko Aizome.")'', Hyperleap, Access date: 06 May 2022
Cast
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External links
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''Daydream'' official site
{{Tetsuji Takechi
1981 films
1980s pornographic films
1980s exploitation films
Films based on works by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Films directed by Tetsuji Takechi
Japanese erotic films
Remakes of Japanese films
Pornographic horror films
1980s Japanese films