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Weird and disappointing. I got an order confirmation and haven't received a cancellation notice. But the page is blank for me too now.
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I have the entire October batch on order and so far haven't received a cancellation notice either. Guess I'm done shopping at CDJapan after 15 years. Amazon (who have had the "we don't ship porn to foreigners" policy for many years) is consistently cheaper, especially with pre-orders, and if I have to go through a Japanese middle-man company to get my stuff I'll make damn sure I make up for the extra expense somewhere else.

Here's something CD Japan put up on their site:
Acknowledgement: unavailable items

We are sorry to inform you: due to unforeseen circumstances we are currently taking down a part of our listings from CDJapan indefinitely. We are sorry for any inconveniences that might have caused you, and thank you for your support.
That's very vague and doesn't even state which items are affected. It does make it sound like this wasn't their decision. I have no idea what the Japanese laws are like regarding this kind of thing or if there has been a recent change.
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Synapse are still releasing pink films once in a while:

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This one's coming out November 8th. It's funny/frustrating that they're still slowly working their way through the 27 titles of their first license batch - which they announced in 2009! At this rate they won't get around to the titles of the second batch (announced a mere 2 years ago) before 2020.
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HungFist wrote:
Varrick wrote:
Marshall wrote:Finally found a pre-order link for this. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BBBN-3070 Trying to keep my expectations very low.
the page is empty
It seem that CDJapan has stopped delivering Roman Porno titles abroad. They've all been removed from the site. They are, however, still up on their Japanese site Neowing
The issue seems to be resolved. Every Roman Porno title I checked is available again.
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Guro Taku wrote:
HungFist wrote:
Varrick wrote:
Marshall wrote:Finally found a pre-order link for this. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BBBN-3070 Trying to keep my expectations very low.
the page is empty
It seem that CDJapan has stopped delivering Roman Porno titles abroad. They've all been removed from the site. They are, however, still up on their Japanese site Neowing
The issue seems to be resolved. Every Roman Porno title I checked is available again.
That's good to know. Thanks.
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Guro Taku wrote:
HungFist wrote:
Varrick wrote:
Marshall wrote:Finally found a pre-order link for this. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BBBN-3070 Trying to keep my expectations very low.
the page is empty
It seem that CDJapan has stopped delivering Roman Porno titles abroad. They've all been removed from the site. They are, however, still up on their Japanese site Neowing
The issue seems to be resolved. Every Roman Porno title I checked is available again.
Phew!
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Good news: My Red Violation DVD is finally here!!! Ever since it was announced, I was afraid some legal shit would come up and the release would end up cancelled at the last moment.

Bad news: the image looks like ass. I don't know terminology well enough to know what "telecine from original nagative, mastered in HD" is supposed to mean in practice, but this looks shit compared to the new 35mm print of Red Violation I've seen twice. Contrast is too high, the colours look strange the the whole image is somehow unnatural.

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Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy that the film is finally available for purchase. It's one of the best Roman Pornos. And the DVD is entirely watchable... I mean, I spend half of my time watching VHS masters. But this is very disappointing from a 2016 release that mentions something about original negative and HD in the cover...

Now that I went back and saw Sundance's old screencaps for Dan Oniroku: Rope Torture BD, that transfer looks very unnatural, too.
http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/show ... post135337

Same thing with Madam Scandal: Let Me Die For 10 Seconds, which looks pretty bad to me in most screencaps.
http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/show ... post130230
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What style is the music in this?
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Marshall wrote:What style is the music in this?
I will take this down soon, but here's a clip:
https://youtu.be/nxGAbzFNYko

It is from the end of the film, so you may not wish to watch it if you're especially sensitive to spoilers, although I don't think there is much to spoil in this kind of band movie. Well, you could just click the link and listen to the audio of course.
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Oh, and the DVD extras are great, considering there's nothing but a trailer and photo gallery. But those are a good trailer and a great photo gallery.

"The second film in director Chusei Sone's Red series!"
I can only assume the "Red" refers to Angel Guts: Red Violation. Odd but interesting way to put it, since that film is a part of a series of its own.
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HungFist wrote:
Marshall wrote:What style is the music in this?
I will take this down soon, but here's a clip:
https://youtu.be/nxGAbzFNYko

It is from the end of the film, so you may not wish to watch it if you're especially sensitive to spoilers, although I don't think there is much to spoil in this kind of band movie. Well, you could just click the link and listen to the audio of course.
That is right up my alley. This is from 1980?!
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Marshall wrote:
HungFist wrote:
Marshall wrote:What style is the music in this?
I will take this down soon, but here's a clip:
https://youtu.be/nxGAbzFNYko

It is from the end of the film, so you may not wish to watch it if you're especially sensitive to spoilers, although I don't think there is much to spoil in this kind of band movie. Well, you could just click the link and listen to the audio of course.
That is right up my alley. This is from 1980?!
Yes.
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I made a couple of brief promo videos for Roman Porno. I've always wanted to show people that Roman Porno is more than just boring sex flicks. So I edited together some cool clips just for fun. Video quality is poor, audio sucks, editing is amateurish, aspect ratios sometimes wrong, and there's a mysterious green line that shows up randomly. Enjoy.

Spoiler warning is in place, I guess, although I don't expect these clips to ruin anyone's movie experience. But I did include for example the magnificent ending shot from Love Hotel (well, part of it, it goes on like 6 minutes).

The first two videos are safe for work by US standards (just killing and other harmless stuff like that); the third one features two brief glimpses of nudity.

Video 1:
https://vimeo.com/186164045

[the clips are from the movies Rolling on the Road (1981), Erotic Liaisons (1978), Assault (1978), Kurutta seiyokusha shufu o osou! (1979), Erotic Journey: Love Affair In Hong Kong (1973), Female Delinquent: A Docu-Drama (1977) and Red Violation (1980)]

Video 2:
https://vimeo.com/186163704

[the clips are from the movies Woman in the Box 2 (1988), Angel Guts: Red Classroom (1979), Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts (1971), The Dark Room (1983), Woman's Trail: Wet Path (1980), Girl and the Wooden Horse Torture (1982) and Love Hotel (1985)]

Video 3:
https://vimeo.com/186389141

[the clips are from the movies Attacked (1978), Lolita Vibrator Torture (1987), Delicate Skillful Fingers (1972), Wandering Lovers: Dizziness (1978), Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market (1974), Crazed Fruit (1981), and Painful Bliss! Final Twist (1977)]

I will not keep these online forever.
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HungFist wrote:Good news: My Red Violation DVD is finally here!!! Ever since it was announced, I was afraid some legal shit would come up and the release would end up cancelled at the last moment.

Bad news: the image looks like ass.
Obviously I can't comment on the look of the transfer as I have nothing to compare it to but there's something really odd going on from about 54:11 to 54:15. At least on my DVD, it shows Mari getting up in front of a window and asking Fujito why he's doing this (assaulting her). At least on my copy, she does this twize, similar to a record getting stuck, before Fujito replies. Is that a stylistic thing Sone did deliberately or did Happinet screw up with the mastering of the disc?

Here's a screenshot from the scene in question:

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I'm pretty sure that was in the 35mm print as well. It's been a few years, but I kinda recall something like that in the print as well. Probably intended by Sone.
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Upcoming Synapse Roman Porno titles:
Derrick King / Rock! Shock! Pop! Forums wrote:I think most of these are already known, but I'll post this anyway. According to the Synapse Film 2017 catalog that comes with PHENOMENA, they are going to release the following Nikkatsu titles:
A Nun's Diary: Confession
Cloistered Nun: Sexual Frustration in a Black Robe
Female Prisoner 101: Suck
Flight Attendant: Hold Me Like an Animal
Flower and Snake
Lolita
Love Hunter
Nurse Girls Dorm: Shamed Angel
Sexual Assault!: 13 Hours
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
Tokyo Caligula
True Story of a Prostitute: Tears
True Story of a Woman in Jail: The Hell of Love
Woman in Heat Behind Bars
White Rose Campus
Woman in Prison
Woman in the Box
Woman in the Box 2
Zoom Up: Graduation
Zoom Up: Sexual Assault Site
Zoom Up: Seiko's Thighs
- http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/show ... post144606
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The only thing more hilarious than some of those retitelings is the fact that they put that list in their 2017 catalogue. How many of these films will actually be released in 2017? Considering they still haven't released all of the 27 titles of the batch they announced in 2009 I'd say... probably none.
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I got my Rolling on the Road BD, and this looks better than the Red Violation DVD. It still has a bit of that boosted look, but it's more natural generally speaking.

Unfortunately I cannot take BD screencaptures due to a complicated software mess.
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More Roman Porno coming from Happinet. April 4.

[ブルーレイリリース 4,536円(税込)] (Blu-Ray)
・『花と蛇』 (Flower & Snake) (1974)
・『箱の中の女 処女いけにえ』 (Woman In the Box: Virgin Sacrifice) (1985)
・『団鬼六 美女縄地獄』 (Beauty In Rope Hell) (1983)
・『団鬼六 女美容師縄飼育』 (Female Beautician Rope Discipline) (1981)

[DVDゴールドプライス 3,240円(税込)](すべて初DVD化&HDリマスター版) (First Time DVD
・『カルーセル麻紀 夜は私を濡らす』 (Carrousel Maki: Yoru wa watashi o nurasu) (1974
・『女高生レポート 子の白い胸』 (Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts) (1971)
・『女豹』 (Female Leopard) (1985)
・『恋の狩人 欲望』 (Love Hunter: Lust) (1973)
・『泣く女』 (Woman Who Cries) (1980)

[DVDシルバープライス 2,160円(税込) (Low priced re-issues)]
・『高校エロトピア 赤い制服』
・『やくざ観音 情女仁義』
・『女高生100人(秘)モーテル白書』
・『牝猫たちの夜』
・『エロス学園 感度ばつぐん』
・『宇能鴻一郎の看護婦寮』
・『女体育教師 跳んで開いて』

- http://www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com/topics/?p=985
- http://www.happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/category/moviej

The good news is that there will be batch #2 also, but it doesn't say when.
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I honestly didn't expect to see more BD releases from Happinet now that the 45th Anniversary is over so that in and of itself is great news and cause for celebration. Sales numbers this year must have been alright if they keep going.

So much for the good news because unfortunately this is another underwhelming batch. I guess of all the titles I'm most excited about Koyu Ohara's wacky FEMALE LEOPARD finally hitting DVD. Fuck WOMAN IN A BOX though! I'm a completist and so far I have bought every single BD and DVD Happinet has put out in this series but WOMAN IN A BOX is a serious contender for the worst piece of shit pink-themed flick I have ever seen and it'll be interesting to see if my OCD or my disgust wins come pre-order time.

PS.: Seems obvious Synapse licensed films that already had HD transfers done and I now fully expect all their titles to be released in Japan first.
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That's my thoughts exactly.

Here are some films I'd love to see get a release. I've never seen any of them.
1. Circuit of Sorrow (哀愁のサーキット) (Toru Murakawa, 1972)
2. Sex Rider: Injured Lust (セックス・ライダー 傷だらけの欲情) (1973) (Koretsugu Kurahara)
3. Attack! (襲え!) (Yukihiro Sawada, 1978)
4. Rape Frenzy: Five Minutes Before Graduation (卒業五分前 群姦リンチ) (Yukihiro Sawada, 1977)
5. True Story of Sex and Violence In a Female High School (番格 女子高校生のSEXと暴力の実態) (Koretsugu Kurahara, 1973)
6. Kanto County Sex Unit (Bankaku: Kantō sex gundan) (バンカク 関東SEX軍団) (Keiichi Ozawa, 1973)
7. Melancholy Flesh Business: Sensuous Zone (官能地帯 哀しみの女街) (1972) (Tooru Murakawa, 1972)

From the movies that I have seen, these are most in the need of dvd/bd release:
1. Female Delinquent: A Docu-Drama (Toshiya Fujita, 1977)
2. Rape Ceremony (Kichitaro Negishi, 1980)
3. Girl's Pleasure: Man Hunting (Toshiya Fujita, 1977)
4. Secret Honeymoon: Rape Train (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1977)
5. Erotic Liaisons (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1978)
6. Assault (Yukihiro Sawada, 1976)
+ Crazed Fruit (Kichitaro Negishi, 1981) (the current dvd release is below average VHS quality)
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HungFist wrote:3. Girl's Pleasure: Man Hunting (Toshiya Fujita, 1977)
4. Secret Honeymoon: Rape Train (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1977)
GIRL'S PLEASURE is available as a HD stream/download from DMM so I am quite optimistic it will at least get a DVD release soon. I liked it quite a bit so I'm hoping I'm right. RAPE TRAIN I have wanted to see ever since the DVD was announced and then promtly and infuriatingly cancelled.

I would add:

Hakkin nikubuton 発禁 肉蒲団 (1975) dir. Nobuaki Shirai

Screenplay by Atsushi Yamatoya and based in equal parts on Yu Li's Carnal Prayer Mat novel (which was later filmed in Hong Kong as Yu Pui Tsuen (1987) and of course Sex and Zen (1991)) and the Nezumi Kozo folk tale! So much fucking fun!

Koyamu 紅夜夢 (1983) dir. Shogoro Nishimura

Nishimura was kind of a hack but this is still my favorite cinematic interpretation of the Oden Takahashi story. Happinet/Nikkatsu seem to have placed a focus on releasing 80ies flicks, so maybe this stands a better than average chance?

Wife Collector 人妻コレクター (1985) dir. Hisayasu Sato

Not Sato's best work by any stretch but it'd still tickle me pink to get this on BD simply because Sato needs all the rediscovery he can get and this is one of his very few Nikkatsu releases.
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logboy wrote: is it possible that someone has the original titles for these handy? i can recognise one or two of them, but wondering how dominated this list is by RP of the cliched genre ilk they've said they'd avoid in future, and how many are classics or requested titles that they've said more educated or interested specialist fans had repeatedly stated they'd like instead.
HungFist wrote:Upcoming Synapse Roman Porno titles:
Derrick King / Rock! Shock! Pop! Forums wrote:I think most of these are already known, but I'll post this anyway. According to the Synapse Film 2017 catalog that comes with PHENOMENA, they are going to release the following Nikkatsu titles:
A Nun's Diary: Confession: Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession (1976)
Cloistered Nun: Sexual Frustration in a Black Robe
Female Prisoner 101: Suck
Flight Attendant: Hold Me Like an Animal
Flower and Snake
Lolita
Love Hunter
Nurse Girls Dorm: Shamed Angel
Sexual Assault!: 13 Hours
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
Tokyo Caligula
True Story of a Prostitute: Tears
True Story of a Woman in Jail: The Hell of Love
Woman in Heat Behind Bars
White Rose Campus
Woman in Prison
Woman in the Box
Woman in the Box 2
Zoom Up: Graduation
Zoom Up: Sexual Assault Site
Zoom Up: Seiko's Thighs
- http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/show ... post144606
Changed titles
Cloistered Nun: Sexual Frustration in a Black Robe: Shūdōjo: kokui no naka no uzuki (1980)
Female Prisoner 101: Suck: Female Convict 101: Suck
Flight Attendant: Hold Me Like an Animal: Stewardess Scandal: kedamono no yō ni dakishimete (1984)
Lolita: Lolita Vibrator Torture (1987)
Nurse Girls Dorm: Shamed Angel: Kango joshiryô: Kegasareta tenshi (1987)
Sexual Assault!: 13 Hours: Rape: 13th Hour (1977)
Tokyo Caligula: Lady Caligula In Tokyo (1981)
True Story of a Woman in Jail: The Hell of Love: New True Story of Woman Condemned to Hell (1976)
White Rose Campus: White Rose Campus: And Then Everybody Gets Raped (1982)
Zoom Up: Graduation: Zoom Up: Graduation Photos (1983)
Zoom Up: Sexual Assault Site: Zoom Up: Rape Site (1979)
Zoom Up: Seiko's Thighs: Zoom Up: Seiko's Juicy Thighs (1982)

Unchanged titles
Flower and Snake (1974)
Love Hunter (1972)
Star of David: Beauty Hunting (Star of David: Hunting for Beautiful Girls)
Woman in Heat Behind Bars (Women in Heat Behind Bars)
Woman in the Box (1985)
Woman in the Box 2 (1987)

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A Nun's Diary: Confession: Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession (1976) ???
True Story of a Prostitute: Tears: Gypsy Rose: A Docu-Drama (1974) ???
Woman in Prison: Female Prison (1978) ???

You can use these sites as reference
http://www.romanporno.com/complete-list ... rno-films/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N ... orno_films
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Covers for the April 4th Roman Porno batch from Happinet:

Blu-Ray:

・『花と蛇』 (Flower & Snake) (1974)
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・『箱の中の女 処女いけにえ』 (Woman In the Box: Virgin Sacrifice) (1985)
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・『団鬼六 美女縄地獄』 (Beauty In Rope Hell) (1983)
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・『団鬼六 女美容師縄飼育』 (Female Beautician Rope Discipline) (1981)
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DVD:

・『カルーセル麻紀 夜は私を濡らす』 (Carrousel Maki: Yoru wa watashi o nurasu) (1974)
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・『女高生レポート 子の白い胸』 (Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts) (1971)
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・『女豹』 (Female Leopard) (1985)
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・『恋の狩人 欲望』 (Love Hunter: Lust) (1973)
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・『泣く女』 (Woman Who Cries) (1980)
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HungFist wrote: ???
A Nun's Diary: Confession: Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession (1976) ???
True Story of a Prostitute: Tears: Gypsy Rose: A Docu-Drama (1974) ???
Sundance from Rock Shock Pop forums sent me a few corrections:

A Nun's Diary: Confession: Wet & Rope (1979)
True Story of a Prostitute: Tears: True Story of a woman in Soapland: Tear! (1987)
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