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Love Hunter (1972)

Love Hunter poster
Original title
恋の狩人 ラブ・ハンター
Directed by
Seiichirō Yamaguchi
Genre
pink film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man enters relationships with multiple women. The film was prosecuted in Japan for its sexual content.

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What happens

Love Hunter (Japanese: 恋の狩人 ラブ・ハンター, Hepburn: Koi no karyūdo: Rabu hantaa) is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series, directed by Seiichirō Yamaguchi and starring Hidemi Hara, Mari Tanaka, and Sumiko Minami. The film was banned for obscenity, and director Yamaguchi arrested. The resulting trials were the last time that a film was prosecuted for obscenity in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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