Behind the Pink Curtain - Hardcover Book
"Great book. Not had the time to read through it, but I have flicked through. Very informative so far with a large selection of photos. If you have any interest, then it is a must buy."
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By Jasper Sharp
First published in 2008, this is the Updated and Amended re-issue of Behind the Pink Curtain, the definitive study of Japan's pinku eiga film genre.
Steamy, subversive, exotic and bizarre!
Behind the Pink Curtain takes the reader on a wild joy ride deep into the hinterlands of Japanese culture, society and radical politics by way of the weird and wonderful world of the country’s distinctive sex film movements.
Jasper Sharp’s definitive study focuses on one of the most notorious sectors of Japanese filmmaking, the erotic Pink Film, or pinku eiga genre, and the closely related Roman Porno films produced by Nikkatsu studios from 1971 to 1988. From the early ’60s onwards major Japanese film studios and independent producers alike have kept up a conveyor belt level of output of pornographic features intended purely for cinema release. Up until the 2010s, just short of 100 such titles were shot on 35mm every year intended for screening in a specialist network of adult cinemas across the nation. Many such films have been released on home video in the West or screened at international film festivals, while a significant number of Japan’s most noted filmmakers today cut their teeth in this industry.
Based on extensive interviews with many of the leading figures in the field, Behind the Pink Curtain is a colorful and exhaustive exposé of Japan’s most vibrant and prolific filmmaking sector.
Read About:
- the ins and outs of Japanese censorship from the wartime onwards
- how topless deep sea diving girls came to woo local audiences in the ’50s
- how a TV nature documentary maker made nude female Tarzan movies
- how ’60s mavericks Kôji Wakamatsu and Masao Adachi met John and Yoko
- how one of Nikkatsu’s leading directors went it alone to make a film about powerboat racing and ended up in the bad books of the yakuza
- how the sex farce Horny Home Tutor: Teacher’s Love Juice was re-titled The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai and became one of the most talked-about Japanese films ever, playing at more than twenty international film festivals
416 pages
10" x 8"
Overall rating: 4.875 / 5 from 8 reviews.
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What a beautiful book filled
"What a beautiful book filled with information with a subject that I didn't know much of. Got through the first couple hundred pages but I got alot more to read. The writing is excellent and we get some stunning photos for films I'm dying to see."
Great update and reprint
"Behind the Pink Curtain (hardcover) feels like cracking open a scandalous scrapbook someone left on the coffee table and realizing it’s actually a masterclass in film history with a side of gossip. It’s smart, surprisingly classy for something so salacious, and I kept thinking, “I’m learning… but I probably shouldn’t be enjoying this this much. ”"
A massive tome of greatness
"This book is incredible, it's big, heavy, well written, and a massive source of information. Totally recommended."
Thick, dense book with b/w
"Thick, dense book with b/w stills and a color section. Writing is clear and uncluttered. Movies metioned in the book are listed in the back but not corresponding pages so you are on your own finding a particular film."
Just awesome
"I am a sucker for taboo art and this delivers. I would love more art books in the future"
Japanese Women Are Hot
"A truly enlightening portrait of highly attractive females."
Great
"Cool"