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    agent999
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    Assault! Jack the Ripper passed by the BBFC. No cuts listed and the runtime checks out, so looking good:

    https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/assau...pwwc0xmdi1mdy1

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  • agent999
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    BBFC, meet Assault! Jack The Ripper. I mean, the Guts movies scraped past, so maybe? Jasper Sharp is doing great things at 88.

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  • Ian Jane
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    From 88 Films...

    RELEASING 24TH MARCH 2025 - Assault! Jack The Ripper

    Ken (Yutaka Hayashi), a serious young man working as a cake decorator at an upmarket coffeeshop, finds himself led seriously astray by his feisty waitress coworker Yuri (the unforgettable Tamaki Katsura) after a chance encounter with a disturbed young woman (Yuri Yamashina) fuels their passion for murder and they embark on a vicious killing spree.

    Part serial killer slasher movie, part coming-of-age romantic drama, this outrageous sexploitationer by Yasuharu Hasebe (Black Tight Killers, Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter) scripted by Chiho Katsura (Hausu) is a standout title in Nikkatsu’s mid-70s ‘Violent Porno’ subgenre of its erotic Roman Porno.

    INCLUDES OBI STRIP

    INCLUDES BOOKLET WITH ESSAY BY TORI POTENZA

    - Blu-Ray (1080P) Presentation in 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
    - Standard Definition DVD Also Included
    - Original Mono 2.0 Audio With New English Subtitles
    - [New] Audio Commentary By Amber T. and Jasper Sharp
    - Brand New Filmed Introduction by Kei Chiba
    - Stills Gallery
    - Trailer

    Region B

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    RELEASING 24TH MARCH 2025 - Yumeno Kyusaku's Girl Hell

    Passions are inflamed in an elite school for girls in 1930s Japan in Yumeno Kyusaku’s Girl Hell, as two of its students find solace away from the crowd in each other’s company. But can their love flourish amongst the corrupting influence of their parents and the school’s sinister principal, whose actions transform their lives into a living hell on earth?

    Directed by one of the most-regarded directors of Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno erotic line, Masaru Konuma (Flower and Snake, Wife to be Sacrified), this Gothic-styled erotic nightmare adapted from a story by the “unfilmable” literary maestro Yumeno Kyusaku (Dogra Magra) is by turns sensual, surreal, horrific and otherworldly, and counts among the studio’s boldest works.

    INCLUDES OBI STRIP

    INCLUDES BOOKLET WITH ESSAY BY CAITLIN CASIELLO

    - Blu-Ray (1080P) Presentation In 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
    - Standard Definition DVD also included
    - Original Mono 2.0 Audio With New English Subtitles
    - [New] Audio Commentary By Anne McKnight and Jasper Sharp
    - [New] Planet Girl: Introduction by Kei Chiba
    - [New] Life On Mars: Introduction By Ken Terawaki
    - Stills Gallery
    - Trailer

    Region B

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  • Sundance
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    The UK Blu (of Love Hotel)




    I prefer this (Amazon.co.jp stream):

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    Last edited by Sundance; 07-26-2024, 11:53 AM.

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  • Takuma
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    Love Hunter: Lust (恋の狩人 欲望) (Japan, 1973) [TV] – 4/5
    Director Seiichiro Yamaguchi made film and court history when he, Nikkatsu, and even the censorship board were trialled for the distribution of obscene material in the so called Roman Porno case targeting the director’s film Love Hunter (1972). It is generally understood the case was less about the film in question and more about authorities reacting to the ever quickening eroticization of cinema after major studio Nikkatsu had begun mass producing Roman Porno some two month earlier. Yamaguchi responded by making this angry, political / philosophical sequel that follows a stripper (Mari Tanaka) with ties to radical youth movement arrested for obscenity. Much of the film unfolds in interview sequences critiquing the legal system, the hypocrisy of the authorities, and prejudice against anyone, particularly women, who challenge established conservative values. But the film, perhaps surprisingly, doesn't dwell too long on the injustice the director’s alter-ego faces, as it also critically examines the naivety of the youth and the compromising nature of the anti-establishment. Less fascinating is the love affair between the protagonist and a disillusioned reporter who used to be at the forefront of the student movement in his youth but has since stopped believing one person could make a difference. There are some dull sex scenes thrown in to fulfil genre requirements, but the film's political contents, especially when mirrored against the court case that was in progress at the same time the film was made, are so interesting it's hard to take your eyes off the screen. Acting performances are solid as well, by both skin actress gone anti-establishment icon Tanaka and Teruo Matsuyama, who has the kind of world weariness perfect for the cynical reporter role. And last but not least, there’s superb use of music throughout the film.

















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  • Takuma
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    Sex Rider: Injured Lust (セックス・ライダー 傷だらけの欲情) (Japan, 1973) [TV] – 3.5/5
    After being near impossible to see for decades, director Koretsugu Kurahara's follow-up to his 1971 action film Sex Rider: Wet Highway has finally been unearthed. The sequel follows young outlaw couple Masafumi Shiga and Mimi Sugihara (neither one of whom seem to have any other acting credits) in an incestuous relationship trying to rebel against the word while being chased by a trigger happy detective. Kurahara, one of the young Nikkatsu action directors who refused to let go of the past even in the Roman Porno era, and veteran screenwriter Hideichi Nagahara (A Colt is My Passport, Stray Cat Rock, Hairpin Circus) construct the film as a Nikkatsu Outlaw actioner with a handful of added (compulsory) sex scenes. Grainy cityscapes and slow-motion montages dominate the first half while the second borrows more from road movies. The soundtrack is almost entirely recycled from other films and sources, but it's a hell of a mix tape. Speaking of the soundtrack, Morio Agata's Kanto hit Red Elegy plays throughout the film and is a likely inspiration for the storyline. Like the original movie, the film is a bit superficial in parts and clumsy in others, yet there's an overwhelmingly positive sense of rebellion unfolding on screen with Kurahara stubbornly crafting yet another decidedly cool action picture within the studio mandated Roman Porno frame. It may be slightly different flavour from the first film, with more urban crime film vibe, but fans of the original ought to enjoy it.



















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  • Takuma
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    Originally posted by Takuma View Post
    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

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  • AngelGuts
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    Very good news, Takuma.

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  • Takuma
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  • 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.

    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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  • Takuma
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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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  • Takuma
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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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  • Takuma
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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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  • mjeon
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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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    Last edited by mjeon; 03-16-2023, 01:50 PM.

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  • Takuma
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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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  • mjeon
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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.
    mjeon
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    Last edited by mjeon; 01-20-2023, 01:08 PM.

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