This film takes place one summer during the 1960s near a beach in Enoshima located outside of Tokyo. Read More »
Tag Archives: Masaru Konuma
Tattooed Flower Vase (1976) Masaru Konuma
Mrs. Yoshino is a beautifully elegant, maturing widow who lives a quiet existence with Takako, her teenaged daughter. Read More »
Wife to Be Sacrificed / Ikenie fujin (1974) Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Terumi Azuma
A woman must endure an extreme ritual when her ex-husband, who has recently escaped from jail, kidnaps her. Read More »
Noble Lady Bound Vase AKA Kifujin shibari tsubo (1977) Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Hitoshi Takagi, Tokuko Watanabe
Yoshitarô, a wealthy but ignorant landowner buys, who lives in the modern city. Read More »
Blue Rain Osaka (1983) Masaru Konuma, Kiriko Shimizu, Saeko Kuga, Ryûmei Azuma
From director Masaru Konuma comes this tale of sorrow and nostalgia mixed with pop songs and feminine strength. Read More »
In the Realm of Sex (1977) Masaru Konuma, Natsuko Yashiro, Asami Ogawa, Hirotarô Honda
Naomi Tani and Yuko Katagiri appear as themselves in the film, making fun of their on-screen personas. Read More »
Hana to hebi / Flower and Snake (1974) Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Hijiri Abe, Drama, Erotic
Shizuka is the aristocratic wife of the president of a large company. When she wants to divorce her domineering husband, he orders his employee Yoshi, the son of an adult toy store owner, to train his wife to become sexually submissive. Yoshi has been rendered impotent due to a childhood trauma resulting from his killing a black American soldier who had been having sexual relations with his mother. During the course of his training of the masochist Shizuka, Yoshi recovers from his affliction.
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