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  • #16
    Originally posted by AngelGuts View Post
    Good list, ropo1. Some I forgot myself.

    Never seen THE WOMAN WHO WANTED TO DIE. I'll chase up the blaqout release if it's still available.

    Try to see DARK STORY OF A JAPANESE RAPIST VOL 2 if you can (four were recently released on DVD).
    I have a rip of it but it's some shitty 2nd gen VHS dupe & no subs. Let me know if you ever come across fan subs for that release. I'm willing to make you a copy with embedded subs if you send me a copy of the R2 dvd in trade.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Takuma View Post
      35mm, in Tokyo a few years ago.

      It actually played in Finnish cinemas in the 60s as well, it seems. It's quite suprising what kind of Japanese stuff got released in Europe back then... Wakamatsu, Teruo Ishii films, occasional Sukeban film, Roman Porno, and sometimes a completely random yakuza film or drama...
      Interesting about Finland (ahead of Donner), about this specific period as it seem to be kind of trial and error / riding the wave / etc when it comes to (some) distribution. Thinking about it few (atleast to my knowledge) 60s pink films came with englishdubb aswell like Notorious Concubines, Madame O & Naked Pursuit

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      • #18
        I rented Erotic Liaisons (1992) and were surprised by how lame it was. Felt like a TV film. Uchida looked sleepy, Miyazawa tended to be irritating, and the gunplay at the end was just embarrassing. Sure, it was cool to see Uchida in Paris speaking French and English, but the 1978 version by Yasuharu Hasebe was so much more stylish, more erotic, had a 10 times better score, cinematography that oozed noir, and Miyazawa's character was much better played by Reiko Kayama.

        There's an interview in Chris D's book where Wakamatsu had the following to say

        "I made a couple of films like Les Liaisons Erotique. That was a fiasco even before Hasebe quit. These films were boring, too."

        I wonder what was Hasebe's role before he quit? Anyone know? Was Hasebe supposed to direct this remake like he did the original? Or just write (he's credited as one screenwriter... rather naturally though since he wrote the original)?

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