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Lovers Are Wet (1973)

Lovers Are Wet poster
Original title
恋人たちは濡れた
Directed by
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Genre
pink film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple navigates a troubled relationship and poverty in a coastal Japanese town. Their passionate yet strained bond is tested by personal traumas and societal pressures.

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What happens

Lovers Are Wet (恋人たちは濡れた, Koibito-tachi wa nureta) is a 1973 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and starring Rie Nakagawa. Alternate titles for the film include Twisted Path of Youth, Twisted Path of Love, and Lovers and Wet Sands. In 1999 the mainstream Japanese film journal Kinema Junpo named it as one of the best Japanese films of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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