{"product_id":"nikkatsu-erotica-volume-one-wet-desire-lovers-are-wet-1972-1973-blu-ray-limited-edition-hardbox-imprint-asia-93-94","title":"NIKKATSU EROTICA - VOLUME ONE: WET DESIRE \/ LOVERS ARE WET (1972 - 1973) - BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION HARDBOX - IMPRINT ASIA #93 - 94","description":"\u003cp\u003eNikkatsu is recognised as Japan's oldest film studio, founded in 1912 when four smaller production companies merged, and still active today. Renowned for creating some of the most boundary-pushing cinema in history, they created the 'Roman Porno' movement in the 70s, a sub-genre known for mixing sex, violence, and romance, elevating the merely explicit into an art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis first volume features two erotic fascinations directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWet Desire (aka Ichijo's Wet Lust) (1972)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce voted one of the 100 best Japanese films of the 20th Century (by the cinema journal Kinema Jumpo in 1999), Tatsumi Kumashiro's Wet Desire stars famous stripper Sayuri Ichij? as herself, alongside Kazuko Shirakawa (After Life) and Hiroko Isayama (Martin Scorsese's Silence). Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is awaiting her day in court after having been arrested for indecency at her farewell performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLovers Are Wet (1973) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso voted one of the 100 best Japanese films of the 20th Century (by the cinema journal Kinema Jumpo, 1999), Lovers Are Wet is director Tatsumi Kumashiro's response to the hypocrisy of censorship, finding creative ways to bypass the censorship rules imposed on cinema of the time. A young man named Katsu comes to a rural town by the sea and begins working in a movie theatre. The wife of the cinema owner becomes interested in his past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Madman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53339329298729,"sku":"IMP5684","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/3460\/5609\/files\/IMP5684-packshot.jpg?v=1784239558","url":"https:\/\/shop.madman.com.au\/products\/nikkatsu-erotica-volume-one-wet-desire-lovers-are-wet-1972-1973-blu-ray-limited-edition-hardbox-imprint-asia-93-94","provider":"Madman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}