''aka'' ''Flower of the Night'' is a

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese film in

Nikkatsu is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio, founded in 1912 during the silent film era. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally ...

's ''Roman porno'' series, directed by Katsuhiko Fujii and starring

Naomi Tani is a Japanese pink film actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's ''Roman Porno'' films with an S&M theme during the 1970s. Life and career Early Born October 20, 1948, in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka, Naomi Tani moved to Toky ...

Synopsis

Kizaki kidnaps Yuriko and engages in a rape and torture session with her, which he photographs. With the photos, he blackmails aristocratic flower arrangement teacher Yumeji, Yuriko's older sister. Rather than allow him to shame her clan by sending the photos to the media, Yumeji goes to Kizaki. Kizaki then proceeds to rape and torture Yumeji, who was his true desire all along. Yumeji escapes from Kizaki at the end of the film.

Cast

* Erina Miyai * Osamu Tsuruoka * Tokuko Watanabe * Shinsho Nakamaru * Tamaki Katsura

Background

Director Katsuhiko Fujii had been a competent director at Nikkatsu, making lower-profile sequels in the ''Apartment Wife'' and ''Eros Schedule Book'' series until his talent for SM showed through in the

project, '' Cruelty: Black Rose Torture'' (1975). In ''Lady Moonflower'' he teamed up with Tani again, with a script by her long-time collaborator, SM-author

Oniroku Dan was a Japanese author who has been called, "the most celebrated writer of popular SM novels in Japan." Many of his stories have been filmed, most notably by Nikkatsu studio in their ''Roman Porno'' series. Dan had a close professional associati ...

Kōyū Ohara was a Japanese film director known for his popular ''Roman Porno'' films, ''Fairy in a Cage'' (1977) and the ''Pink Tush Girl'' series (1978–1980). One of Nikkatsu's most versatile and prolific directors, filming eight movies in 1979 alone, hi ...

would direct a more successful variation on the story of ''Lady Moonflower'', also scripted by Dan and starring Tani, in ''

Fairy in a Cage ''aka'' ''Woman In a Cage'' is a 1977 Japanese pink film in Nikkatsu's ''Roman porno'' series, directed by Kōyū Ohara and starring Naomi Tani. Synopsis During the latter part of World War II, Judge Murayama, head of the Japanese military pol ...

'' (1977), which is regarded as one of the best of Nikkatsu's forays into the SM-themed ''

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 ...

''.Weisser, pp. 226, 136.

Bibliography

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Notes

{{reflist 1976 films 1970s Japanese-language films Nikkatsu films Nikkatsu Roman Porno 1970s Japanese films