Re: The Roman Porno + Pink thread
Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 21:44
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They did, in fact. I think that was in the late 80s. I guess the Turks weren't too happy about Japan using their country's name as a synonym for brothels (especially when it was just "Toruko / Turkey" in common speech with the "furo / bath" commonly omitted).
Happinet spectacularily dropped the ball on their so-called "remastered" release of Killing Angel Muhan! It is, in fact, the exact same non-anamorphic transfer that was previously on the Pioneer DVD from 18 years ago. I think the old Pioneer DVD actually has the better encode of this ancient transfer. And I don't care if everyone at Happinet had Corona, there's no excuse for releasing this and calling it a remaster.Guro Taku wrote: ↑19 Sep 2020, 17:17Killing Angel Muhan is a solid and nicely violent V-cinema action flick. I'm not happy that Happinet is now including 90ies flicks in their lineups since they're eating into the amount of actual roman porno that can be released, but this is a nice addition and I will gladly upgrade from my non-anamorphic DVD from 2002.
Thanks for the tip! I'll probably pick this up as well, then, since it's a BD and comes with Japanese subtitles. Have you seen Tanaka's Female Teacher (1977) film? I know he directed two Female Teacher films in 1973 but I don't think I'm familiar with this one from '77.HungFist wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 15:35Waiting Wet Woman is rather good. It's got a Haruhiko Arai scrip, Ako is in a small supporting role, and Yasuaki Uegaki does better job helming it than he usually does (he's overrated IMO). It's one of those films that could just as well have been an ATG release, like some of Kichitaro Negishi's films.
I have seen it, and forgotten all about it. All I recall is it being rather boring.
Certainly one of Tanaka's weakest films IMO. As for the Female Teacher series, I'm no fan. The only one I thought was a bit better than the rest was Female Teacher Hunting. The rest are 1.5 or 2 star films in my books.HungFist wrote: ↑07 Sep 2016, 07:14 Female Teacher (Japan, 1977) [DVD] - 2/5
A commercially successful, but underwhelming re-start of the Female Teacher series. A music teacher is raped by her students, which kicks off a series of events that lead to murders and kidnapping. This is one of the few Roman Porno films that actually deal with the psychological and social consequences of rape in other that purely exploitative way. Unfortunately, it still doesn't hold up as a drama, and at 100 minutes it runs way too long. The first and final third work, but the middle part drags quite a bit.
Considering March 2022 is already DVD-only, I'd guess a DVD release is more likely. Maybe a HD version will become available on a VOD service though.
Finally some good news! Happinet's release of Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu's Rusted Body: Guts of a Virgin III (拷問貴婦人) (1987) is actually a proper remaster and blows the old Dutch DVD out of the water.
Unfortunately, I was right on both counts: no more BD releases and Rape Ceremony only hitting DVD (on June 6th).
You're getting that one on DVD as well, if that's what you meant by "physical media".