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's ''Roman porno'' series, directed by

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and starring

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Synopsis

When businessman Tetsuro Muraki has his company go bankrupt and his wife Ryoko is raped by gangsters who use her body to pay off his debts, he succumbs to despair. He hires a prostitute, Nami, to go with him to a

love hotel A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sexual activities. The name originates from "Hotel Love" in Osaka, which was built in 1968 and had a rotating s ...

with sex and suicide in mind.

Cast

Minori Terada is a Japanese voice actor and actor. Life and career Terada was born in Tokyo, as first son of Masaaki Terada, a famous painter. In 1961, Terada begun to be an actor. Terada is known as a villain, such as Alien Metron in ''Ultraman Max'', an ...

() as Tetsuro Muraki *

as Nami Tsuchiya * Rie Nakagawa () as Masayo Ohta * Kiriko Shimizu () as Ryoko Muraki * Nobutaka Masutomi () as Kiyoshi Ohta *

Toshinori Omi is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's ''Hi no Tori'' (1978) and got his first starring ro ...

() as the Assistant Director * Kōichi Satō as the Taxi Driver

Background

Although director

had worked for Nikkatsu in the 1970s and served as an assistant director, this film marked his only work in the ''Roman porno'' genre for Nikkatsu. The film was produced by the Directors's Company (), an association of young directors formed in 1982. The screenplay was the work of Takashi Ishii who would later rework the script for his directorial debut, the 1988 film ''Angel Guts: Red Vertigo''.

Awards and nominations

7th

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*Won: Best Film *Won: Best Director -

*Won: Best Screenplay - Takashi Ishii *Won: Best Cinematography -

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*Won: Best Actor -

The film also won the Nikkatsu in-house award for Best Film of the Year.

References

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* * Films directed by Shinji Sōmai Pink films Nikkatsu films 1980s erotic films 1980s pornographic films 1980s Japanese films {{porn-film-stub