Underplayed Gems

Ukiyo-e Cruel Story (1968)

Ukiyo-e Cruel Story poster
Original title
浮世絵残酷物語
Directed by
Tetsuji Takechi
Genre
pornographic film, exploitation film, pink film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A pink film from 1968 by a director who challenged censorship laws. It uses eroticism and a historical ukiyo-e setting to make a statement against the film rating board.

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What happens

Ukiyoe Cruel Story (浮世絵残酷物語, Ukiyoe Zankoku Monogatari) is a 1968 Japanese pink film directed by the "Father of Pink", Tetsuji Takechi, and starring the current "Queen" of Pink, Noriko Tatsumi. Made after Takechi had won an obscenity trial over Black Snow (1965), the film has been called "Takechi's personal message to Eirin." Though still containing significant erotic content, this is one of Takechi's few films to pass the censor relatively unedited, perhaps because Eirin feared losing another embarrassing public confrontation with the outspoken director. In October 2006 Ukiyoe Cruel Story was shown as part of a Takechi retrospective, and it was released on DVD in Japan on January 25, 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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