The Non-Synapse Roman Porno Thread

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One of my all time favourite Roman Porno films, Kichitaro Negishi and Haruhiko Arai's Rape Ceremony (暴行儀式) (1980) has finally been remastered! This was on TV on Wowow Cinema a few days ago. A good friend of mine helped me out since I didn't have access to that channel!

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Wowow (TV)


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Wowow (TV)


Amazon Stream


Wowow (TV)


Unfortunately this is the R15-version prepared for TV. Most Japanese TV channels have an R-15 policy, so they won't show any R18 content on TV. Nikkatsu is hence preparing censored R15 versions of their Roman Porno films for TV (though I have some doubts about the consistency since I've never been able to spot any censorship in the R15 Version of Circuit of Sadness).

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Wowow (TV)


Just by quick look, this scene seems to be the only one that's been censored for the R15 version. There are TWO other scenes with similar censorship, but that was already in the R18-version and almost certainly in the theatrical prints (I've seen one, but can't remember such detail) and original negative.

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Wowow (TV)




Wowow (TV)


Let's hope the R18+ version will be released on BD to accompany Crazed Fruit (From Orion's Testimony: Formula for Murder would also be most welcome).

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Finally got to see this one:

Rape Frenzy: Five Minutes before Graduation (卒業五分前　群姦) (Japan, 1977) [TV] – 3.5/5

With a title like this, you think you know what you’re in for. Well, what do you know? This is one of action director gone rogue pink helmer Yukihiro Sawada’s best pictures, a youth drama following stressed-out, confused male and female students on their last day before high school graduation, facing an uncertain and bleak future.

This film is far more reminiscent of Nikkatsu’s early 70s youth pictures and the following year’s Panic in High School (1978) than anything the title (which may or may not have been a commercial after-thought) would have you expect. There are several good scenes with the alienated protagonist finding himself detached from the people around him, his friend trying to escape the patronising society with a girlfriend and a shotgun, and live rock music performed in party scenes. And then some sexual assaults (half of them performed by girls or women against boys) springing from societal frustration and personal insecurity. The cinematography is excellent, with loads of those lovely ‘lonely people walking the city streets in solitude’ shots. The ending is a little underwhelming but perhaps fittingly low-key, and does not, by the way, deliver any kind of rape frenzy five minutes before the graduation.

This film has been unavailable for viewing for decades besides 35mm prints (which I’ve never seen screened either) as far as I know, but has finally been scanned by Nikkatsu. The film had its TV premiere last week. Here’s hoping for a physical media release. Meanwhile, for other fine Sawada Roman Porno films see his beast cop thriller Retreat through the Wet Wasteland (1973) and the Peckinpah influenced Assault! (1976).


















Reviewed: The "R15 Version" aired on TV on Eigeki. There are actually two version of that channel, one showing R15-versions and the other showing R18-versions. The latter requires paying premium prices or switching service provider. The 18-version of this film was on the other channel. The good news is that I could only spot censorship in two occasions in the R15 version, and both looked like they could be theatrical censorship to me! The usual ugly mosaic balls that appear in many R15-versions are nowhere to be found here. So I'm not really sure how this differs from the R18 version, or if it really even differs from it.



Visual censorship 1. This only lasts a few seconds.


Visual censorship 2. This also only lasts a few seconds. It's a bit hard to see in still image but it's in the bottom right.

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Nikkatsu has announced five more Roman Porno batches for 2022-2023. But only DVDs, no BDs. Damn!
- https://www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com/...-2022-list.php

June 6th:

Love Hunter: Hot Skin (ラブハンター 熱い肌) (1972) d. Masaru Konuma
Rape Ceremony (暴行儀式) (1980) d. Kichitaro Negishi
Apartment Wife: Scent of a Woman (団地妻　女の匂い) (1973) d. Shinichi Shiratori
Rape Frenzy: Five Minutes Before Graduation (卒業五分前　群姦) (1977) d. Yukihiro Sawada
The Mania: Body Pleasure Experiment (ザ・マニア　快感生体実験) (1986) d. Yojiro Takita
Candidate for Seduction (犯され志願) (1982) d. Shun Nakahara
Nikkatsu Sweden Porno: Inn of Perverted Beasts (日活スウェーデン・ポルノ 淫獣の宿) (1973) d. Shogoro Nishimura
She Cat: Beautiful Avenger (女猫 美しき復讐者) (1992) d. Yasuhiro Kitahata

September 2nd:

Sexy Doll: Sada Abe the 3rd (セクシードール・阿部定３世) (1983) d. Takashi Sugano
Fallen Angel Gang (悪女軍団) (1981) d. Masaru Konuma
Orgasm Mariko (オーガズム 真理子) (1985) d. Fumihiko Kato
New Lesbian World: Rapture (新・レスビアンの世界 －陶酔－) (1975) d. Shogoro Nishimura
Eros Schedule Book Continued Concubine Secrets: Lustful Dance (続・色暦大奥秘話　淫の舞) (1972) d. Isao Hayashi
Widow's Boarding House: Renting Pussy on a Floor Mat (未亡人下宿　下もかします四畳半) (1977) d. Shinya Yamamoto
Nikkatsu Sweden Porno: Drips of Honey (日活スウェーデン・ポルノ 蜜のしたたり) (1973) d. Akira Kato
A New Tale of Happiness and Embarrassment 3: Angel Kiss Mark (新うれしはずかし物語３ 天使のキスマーク) (1992) d. Yasuyuki Otani

November 2nd:

Married Woman: Smoldering Fire (人妻 －残り火－) (1973) d. Tadahiko Isomi
Live Recording: Hidden Camera (生録盗聴ビデオ) (1982) d.Takashi Sugano
Three-Year Affair (３年目の浮気) (1983) d. Shun Nakahara
Girl Rape Case: Red Shoes (少女暴行事件 赤い靴) (1983) d. Yasuaki Uegaki
New Apartment Wife: Swapping (新・団地妻　夫婦交換(スワッピング) (1975) d. Shinichi Shiratori
Soapland Secret Report: Ascension (ソープ風呂㊙昇天) (1974) d. Isao Hayashi
Nikkatsu Swenden Porno: Passionate First Experience (日活スウェーデン・ポルノ　欲情初体験) (1971) d. Christer Holmgren
Women 2 (Women ウィメン ２) (1997) d. Ryoji Shinmura

January 11th:

Sex Education Mistress (性教育ママ) (1973) d. Akira Kato
Student Mistress: Taste of a Virgin (学生情婦・処女の味) (1976) d. Koyu Ohara
Wife Collector (人妻コレクター) (1985) d. Hisayasu Sato
Everday Passion: Ecstasy (愛欲の日々 エクスタシー) (1984) d. Itsumichi Isomura
Concubine Secrets: Glorious Sex Scroll (大奥秘話　晴姿姫ごと絵巻) (1984) d. Isao Hayashi
Afternoon Affair: Scandalous Nurse (昼下りの情事　噂の看護婦) (1974) d. Katsuhiko Fujii
Molester's Train: Mischievous Fingers (痴漢電車　いたずらな指) (1982) d. Mamoru Watanabe
Suite 2 (スウィートルーム　２) (1993) d. Yoshihiro Kawasaki

March 3rd:

Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon (ハワイアン・ラブ　危険なハネムーン) (1978) d. Isao Hayashi
Red Light District: Woman in the Honmoku Brothel (赤線本牧チャブヤの女) (1975) d. Shinichi Shiratori
Masochist (マゾヒスト) (1985) d. Takashi Kanno
Shinjuku Midnight Story: Man and Woman (新宿真夜中物語　男と女) (1972) d. Koyu Ohara
Scandalous Woman: Sleep with Me Until Morning (噂の女　朝まで抱いて) (1980) d. Banmei Takahashi
Sensual Technique: Lips, Tongue, Fingers (官能テクニック　唇・舌・指) (1979) d. Mamoru Watanabe
Nikkatsu Swenden Porno: Forest of Carnal Desire (日活スウェーデン・ポルノ　獣欲の森) (1971) d. Masanao Sakao
Come to Me. Hold Me. Love Me. (来て。抱いて。愛して。) (1998) d. Maki Akuta

- https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/for...182448#p182448


The obvious highlights here are Rape Ceremony, Rape Frenzy: Five Minutes Before Graduation, and probably Orgasm Mariko too. I wasn't a huge fan of Mariko, but it's quite a wild and bloody horror film and certainly has its fans.

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Pretty interesting to see the early sweden porno movies surface, afaik, the to date only availible versions are butchered. Probably average at best novelty films more than anything, but still a piece of the roman porno shaping history.

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This came out couple of weeks ago in Austria. Found out by chance, hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere (even blu-ray.com doesn't list it at all).



Expensive (~40euros) mediabook Blu-Ray+DVD with 3 cover options, 444 + 333 + 222 copies total.

English subtitles!

Screenshots are from a half-size re-encode so not 100% representative of quality.

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Hard Core Chocolate has two new Roman Porno t-shirts for sale!
- https://core-choco.shop-pro.jp/?mode...&csid=0&sort=n

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Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession (Masaru Konuma, 1976) is coming out on Austrian (German?) blu-ray as Im Kloster der heissen Nonnen, with English subtitles. Kimstim issued a subtitled DVD in the USA in 2007.

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While I was at Laputa Asagaya a few weeks ago, I picked up their chirashi for the upcoming Roman Porno Jidaigeki program. Some good films there as well as a couple of very rare ones (I don't think I've ever come across 艶説 お富与三郎 and 大江戸性盗伝 ―女斬り― before).
- http://www.laputa-jp.com/laputa/prog...rno_jidaigeki/

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Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession is an unambitious but enjoyable film. Luna (or Runa) Takamura was half German and half Japanese (as Takuma has noted). She’s lovely and her wimple frames her pretty face to perfection. The rest of the cast is forgettable, with the exception of the rector who is always mumbling profanities in English. The film starts off as grim nunsploitation, but eventually blossoms into a merry caper tale. Takamura plays her impish character to perfection.

The Central European blu-ray (I can’t find anything on the packaging indicating whether it is Austrian or German) is very nice and the film can be watched in Japanese with excellent English subtitles.

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I had completely missed this, but Masaru Konuma died earlier this year. R.I.P.

Below are two stills for my favourite Konuma film, the breezy youth / love story Wandering Lovers: Dizziness (さすらいの恋人　眩暈) (1978).

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R.I.P. Yuko Katagiri.

She passed away last year in October, but the news only broke out today. I spotted the news via Cinema Vera, who said she was not only a talk event guest, but a frequent customer in the theatre as well.

- http://www.cinemavera.com/info.html#528
- https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASR4D640VR4DUCVL024.html

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Two more t-shirts from Hardcore Chocolate.

https://core-choco.shop-pro.jp/?pid=174541864
https://core-choco.shop-pro.jp/?pid=174541534

Both are for films I don't really care for... by directors I really like. Oh well, I wouldn't wear a t-shirt for my favourite Kichitaro Negishi film anyway

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Here’s a bit of vague good news: Koretsugu Kurahara's Sex Rider: Injured Lust (セックス・ライダー　傷だらけの欲情) (1973) has been re-rated by Eirin on 2023/7/28. Looks like Nikkatsu has finally unearthed this film which, to the best of my knowledge, has never been released on home video and probably has never been available to view outside of theatres. It might be for a TV broadcasting, it might be for streaming or DVD, but whatever it is I’m expecting the film finally to become accessible.

https://www.eirin.jp/list/index.php?...3%82%AF%E3%82% B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3 %80%80%E5%82%B7%E3%81%A0%E3%82%89%E3%81%91%E3%81%A E%E6%AC%B2%E6%83%85&eirin_no=&s_year=2009&s_month= 1&e_year=2023&e_month=12&x=0&y=0

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Very good news, Takuma.

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Here’s a bit of vague good news: Koretsugu Kurahara's Sex Rider: Injured Lust (セックス・ライダー　傷だらけの欲情) (1973) has been re-rated by Eirin on 2023/7/28. Looks like Nikkatsu has finally unearthed this film which, to the best of my knowledge, has never been released on home video and probably has never been available to view outside of theatres. It might be for a TV broadcasting, it might be for streaming or DVD, but whatever it is I’m expecting the film finally to become accessible.

So, it was for TV broadcasting. Eigeki, October.
https://www.eigeki.com/series/S70049
https://www.eigeki.com/series/S75747