As mentioned previously in my Japanese custom subs thread, there are some films that are being ripped from the Toei Junk Films Channel through Amazon Prime Japan. This channel ispecifically features cult, rarely-seen action, gangster and erotica B movies and straight-to-video flicks. Thank goodness, there is a subbing group that is willing to sub some of these gems for the Western audience. One that I recently watched was Shin Takakuwa's 1972 sex comedy, SEX UP AND DOWN. It's just a series of adult themed skits tied together by a plot involving Shingo Yamishiro as a con artist playing a doctor specializing in sex education and treatment with his comedic sidekick played by Tí´ru Yuri as an ex-sex toy salesman. He receives various 'patients' (frigid newlyweds, virgins, various fetishes, etc) seeking his services and even gives sex ed conferences to businessmen. The ensuing hijinks are a mixed bag. Some of the skits & gags are laugh out loud funny while others are just droll to outright lame given most of the humor is of the juvenile sophomoric variety. Overall, it was quite entertaining. There is plenty of topless ladies and simulated sex with vibrators, french ticklers, etc on display too.
While writing this review, I noticed @Takuma has seen this as well and I mostly concur with his review, although I might've enjoyed it a wee bit more than he did. But he mentions one of my favorite scenes when Miki Sugimoto busts into the office of Shingo Yamashiro and along with two other sukeban girls & does the whole yakuza introduction routine only to meet with a nonplussed Yamashiro and the gals finally have to give up their tough gal act and beg for jobs as secretaries or assistants.
While writing this review, I noticed @Takuma has seen this as well and I mostly concur with his review, although I might've enjoyed it a wee bit more than he did. But he mentions one of my favorite scenes when Miki Sugimoto busts into the office of Shingo Yamashiro and along with two other sukeban girls & does the whole yakuza introduction routine only to meet with a nonplussed Yamashiro and the gals finally have to give up their tough gal act and beg for jobs as secretaries or assistants.
Sex Up And Down (Kigeki sex kobo-sen) (喜劇セックス攻防戦) (Japan, 1972) [VoD] - 2.5/5
Amusing Shingo Yamashiro sex comedy about a love doctor treating miscellaneous patients. Miki Sugimoto plays one of the three sukeban girls who barge into his clinic and demand to be hired (her role is small though). The supporting cast also includes Tooru Turi, Yukie Kagawa, Yoko Mihara, Yayoi Watanabe and Ryuhei Uchida as "pervert ninja". Unlike Master of the Turkish Bath, this film is absolutely packed with boobs - and gags dumb enough to get some laughs. Norifumi Suzuki's sex comedies like the two onsen geisha films make a good comparison as this resembles them. There's not much plot or exceptional qualities, but director Shin Takakuwa does acceptable job keeping things watchable and not overly goofy. He also directed one of the best Sonny Chiba films, the cop thriller A Narcotics Agent's Ballad (1972).
Amusing Shingo Yamashiro sex comedy about a love doctor treating miscellaneous patients. Miki Sugimoto plays one of the three sukeban girls who barge into his clinic and demand to be hired (her role is small though). The supporting cast also includes Tooru Turi, Yukie Kagawa, Yoko Mihara, Yayoi Watanabe and Ryuhei Uchida as "pervert ninja". Unlike Master of the Turkish Bath, this film is absolutely packed with boobs - and gags dumb enough to get some laughs. Norifumi Suzuki's sex comedies like the two onsen geisha films make a good comparison as this resembles them. There's not much plot or exceptional qualities, but director Shin Takakuwa does acceptable job keeping things watchable and not overly goofy. He also directed one of the best Sonny Chiba films, the cop thriller A Narcotics Agent's Ballad (1972).
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