Naomi Shiraishi

天保水滸伝 大原幽学

Satsuo Yamamoto

Mikijiro Hira, Ruriko Asaoka

All About Marriage

Kihachi Okamoto

Izumi Yukimura, Michiyo Aratama

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

Irezumi (Spirit of Tattoo)

Yoichi Takabayashi

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Yûsuke Takita

To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko's mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique.

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

Nagisa Ōshima

Tomoyo Ōshima, Naomi Shiraishi

A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Looking back upon the event, the situation comes to be questioned if it happened at all.

In the Realm of the Senses

Nagisa Ōshima

Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

鏡の中の野心

Satoru Kobayashi

Ichiro Araki, Naomi Shiraishi

Pinku directed by the legendary Satoru Kobayashi

徳川女刑罰史

Teruo Ishii

Yuki Kagawa, Reiko Mikasa

A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.

美女と液体人間

Ishirō Honda

Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

徳川の女帝 大奥

Ikuo Sekimoto

Midori Takei, Mineko Nishikawa

バージンブルース

Toshiya Fujita

Kumiko Akiyoshi, Kenji Takaoka

A young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting.