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| 1972-01-08 | Affair at Twilight たそがれの情事 Tasogare no jōji |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Kazuko Shirakawa Hidemi Hara |
An unsuccessful attempt to emulate the Apartment Wife series. Similar plot and cast, but not part of that series. | ||
| 1972-01-08 | Glorious Moment: A Woman's Roll 晴姿おんな絵巻 Haresugata onna emaki |
Isao Hayashi | Setsuko Ogawa Hiroshi Gojo |
Melodrama involving a banker, the Minister of Finance, and a sexually awakened virgin. | ||
| 1972-01-18 | Love Hunter 恋の狩人 ラブ・ハンター Koi no karyūdo: rabu hantaa |
Seiichirō Yamaguchi | Hidemi Hara Mari Tanaka Sumiko Minami |
Film banned for obscenity, and director Seiichirō Yamaguchi arrested. | ||
| 1972-01-18 | Office Lady Journal: Scent of Female Cat ＯＬ日記 雌猫の匂い OL nikki: mesuneko no nioi |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Rie Nakagawa Masako Saga |
First of the seven-film Office Lady Journal series. | ||
| 1972-01-29 | Love Bandit Rat Man aka Love Bandit Nezumi Kozo 性盗ねずみ小僧 Seitō Nezumi Kozō |
Chūsei Sone | Setsuko Ogawa Hiroshi Gojo |
Dark parody of the Edo period Robin Hood story, Nezumi Kozō. Today considered a cult classic. | ||
| 1972-01-29 | Wet Lips 濡れた唇 Nureta kuchibiru |
Tatsumi Kumashiro | Moeko Ezawa Keiko Aikawa Hajime Tanimoto |
Kumashiro's first major film. | ||
| 1972-02-09 | Beads From a Petal 花弁のしずく Kaben no shizuku |
Noboru Tanaka | Rie Nakagawa Keiko Maki Kazuko Shirakawa |
Tanaka's directorial debut, Rie Nakagawa's Nikkatsu debut. | ||
| 1972-02-09 | Sensuous Beasts しなやかな獣たち Shinayakana kemonotachi |
Akira Katō | Mari Tanaka Naomi Tani Shim Hara |
Naomi Tani's Nikkatsu debut (supporting role). | ||
| 1972-02-19 | Seduction of the White Angel 白い天使の誘惑 Shiroi tenshi no yūwaku |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Yūko Katagiri Miki Hayashi Masayoshi Nogami |
First of Nikkatsu's many Roman Pornos involving nurses. | ||
| 1972-02-19 | Drifter's Affair さすらいの情事 Sasurai no jōji |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Kazuko Shirakawa Yuri Yamashina |
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| 1972-02-29 | 情炎お七恋唄 Jōen oshichi koiuta |
Kōyū Ohara | Setsuko Ogawa Ryuji Mori Michiko Komori |
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| 1972-02-29 | 秘事 ひめごと Himegoto |
Isao Hayashi | Hidemi Hara | |||
| 1972-03-18 | Student Wife: Weeping Silently 学生妻 しのび泣き Gakusei-zuma: shinobi naki |
Akira Katō | Yūko Katagiri Isao Morishima |
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| 1972-03-18 | Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Holland Slope In the Rain らしゃめんお万 雨のオランダ坂 Rashamen Oman: ame no oranda-zaka |
Chūsei Sone | Sally May Shusaku Muto |
First in a three-film series. Written by Suzuki script-writer, Atsushi Yamatoya. | ||
| 1972-03-29 | Sigh of Roses 薔薇のためいき Bara no tameiki |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Setsuko Ogawa Yoshiro Ito |
Story of a woman who gets revenge from her married lover by seducing his son. | ||
| 1972-03-29 | Love Hunter: Hot Skin ラブハンター 熱い肌 Love hunter: atsui hada |
Masaru Konuma | Mari Tanaka Ken Yoshizawa |
Sequel to Love Hunter: Lust about a stripper arrested for obscenity. | ||
| 1972-04-08 | 性豪列伝 夜も昼も Seigōretsuden: yoru mo hiru mo |
Isao Hayashi | Kazuko Shirakawa | |||
| 1972-04-08 | 白い女郎花 Shiroi ominaeshi |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Yūko Katagiri Michio Mako |
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| 1972-04-19 | 新宿真夜中物語 男と女 Shinjuku mayonaka monogatari: otoko to onna |
Kōyū Ohara | Hidemi Hara Yuri Yamashina Michio Mako |
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| 1972-04-19 | Warmth of Love 愛のぬくもり Ai no nukumori |
Yukihiko Kondo | Mari Tanaka Hiroshi Naka |
Story of a high school teacher's wife who has sexual affairs with his students. | ||
| 1972-04-29 | Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Falling Autumn Flower らしゃめんお万 彼岸花は散った Rashamen Oman: higanbana wa chitta |
Chūsei Sone | Sally May Miki Hayashi |
2nd in the Foreigner's Mistress Oman series. | ||
| 1972-04-29 | Apartment Wife: Secret Rendezvous 団地妻 しのび逢い Danchizuma shinobiai |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Kazuko Shirakawa Keiko Aikawa |
2nd in the Apartment Wife series. | ||
| 1972-05-17 | Headlights In the Rain 雨のヘッドライト Ame no heddoraito |
Masaru Konuma | Mari Tanaka Shusaku Muto |
Melodramatic love-drama, Konuma's second film for Nikkatsu. | ||
| 1972-05-17 | Night of the Felines 牝猫たちの夜 Mesunekotachi no yoru |
Noboru Tanaka | Tomoko Katsura Hidemi Hara Ken Yoshizawa |
A realistic drama about prostitutes. Considered one of Tanaka's major early films. | ||
| 1972-05-27 | Mid-Afternoon Love Affair 真昼の情事 Mahiru no jōji |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Kazuko Shirakawa Tatsuya Hamaguchi Tadashi Makimura |
Unsuccessful attempt at a series similar to Apartment Wife. | ||
| 1972-05-27 | Eros Schedule Book Continued Concubine Secrets: Lustful Dance 続・色暦大奥秘話 淫の舞 Zoku irogoyomi ōku hiwa: in no mai |
Isao Hayashi | Setsuko Ogawa Yuri Yamashina |
2nd in the Eros Schedule Book series. | ||
| 1972-06-07 | Delicate Skillful Fingers 白い指の戯れ Shiroi yubi no tawamure |
Toru Murakawa | Ichiro Araki Hiroko Isayama Hajime Tanimoto |
Story of a sexually liberated woman, containing a notorious bathtub orgy scene. Kinema Jumpo included Murakawa among Japan's 10 best directors for this, his debut film. |
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| 1972-06-07 | Morning of Ecstasy 恍惚の朝 Kōkotsu no asa |
Akira Katō | Rie Nakagawa Yuri Yamashina |
Soap opera about a woman who becomes re-acquainted with her boorish ex-boyfriend. | ||
| 1972-06-17 | Night Spot: Drifting Flower 盛り場 流れ花 Sakariba: nagarebana |
Akihiko Yatsumaki | Yūko Katagiri Michiyo Mako Hiroshi Gojo |
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| 1972-06-17 | おんな天国 子だね貰います Onna tengoku: kodane moraimasu |
Kōyū Ohara | Mari Tanaka Etsuko Hara Soichiro Maeno |
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| 1972-06-28 | White Skin Glimmering In the Darkness 闇に浮ぶ白い肌 Yami ni ukabu shiroi hada |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Kazuko Shirakawa Hironobu Takahashi Yuri Yamashina |
Drama about a newlywed wife who returns, changed, after a 6-month disappearance. | ||
| 1972-06-28 | Erotic Story: The Peony Lantern aka Erotic Bride From Hell aka Hellish Love 性談牡丹燈籠 Seidan: botandōrō |
Chūsei Sone | Setsuko Ogawa Hajime Tanimoto Miki Hayashi |
Sexual historical-drama about the daughter of the shogun's retainer who returns from death as a ghost. An award-winning hit film popular with college students. |
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| 1972-07-08 | Apartment Wife: Unforgettable Night 団地妻 忘れ得ぬ夜- Danchizuma wasureenu yoru |
Saburo Endo | Junko Miyashita Tatsuya Hamaguchi |
3rd in the Apartment Wife series. Junko Miyashita's first Roman Porno. |
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| 1972-07-08 | 極楽坊主 女悦説法 Gokuraku bōzu: onna etsuseppō |
Isao Hayashi | Hidemi Hara | |||
| 1972-07-19 | Woman on the Night Train 夜汽車の女 Yogisha no Onna |
Noboru Tanaka | Mari Tanaka Keiko Tsuzuki Toshihiko Oda |
Noted for its camerawork and plot structure, critics compare this to Luis Buñuel's Diary of a Chambermaid (1964). | ||
| 1972-07-19 | Secret Wife 隠し妻 Kakushizuma |
Masaru Konuma | Yūko Katagiri Kiyoshi Yoshida |
A television star secretly marries a country girl, but continues to womanize. Director Konuma and actress Katagiri were secretly married at the time the film was made. |
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| 1972-07-27 | Romantic Tale: Otomi and Yosaburo 艶説 お富与三郎 Ensetsu: otomi yosaburō |
Akira Katō | Keiko Tsuzuki Hiroshi Gojo |
A sex-centered version of a traditional Japanese folk tale. | ||
| 1972-07-27 | 真夏の夜の情事 Mannatsu no yoru no jōji |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Kazuko Shirakawa | |||
| 1972-08-05 | Eros Schedule Book Concubine Secrets: Tattoo Contest 色暦大奥秘話 刺青百人競べ Irogoyomi ōku hiwa irezumi hyaku-nin kurabe |
Yukihiko Kondo | Setsuko Ogawa | 3rd in the Eros Schedule Book series. | ||
| 1972-08-05 | Apartment Wife: Afternoon Bliss 団地妻 昼下りの悶え Danchizuma hirusagari no modae |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Akemi Nijo Hironobu Takahashi |
4th in the Apartment Wife series | ||
| 1972-08-16 | August: Scent of Eros 八月はエロスの匂い Hachigatsu wa eros no nioi |
Toshiya Fujita | Maki Kawamura Yūko Katagiri |
Atsushi Yamatoya and Toshiya Fujita script about a department store cashier who becomes obsessed with the teenaged thug who robs her. | ||
| 1972-08-16 | 性豪列伝 死んで貰います Seigōretsuden: shindemoraimasu |
Isao Hayashi | Keiko Aikawa | |||
| 1972-08-26 | Mistress 情婦 Jōfu |
Saburo Endo | Junko Miyashita Takao Nagai |
Drama about a woman who becomes romantically involved with a paid killer. | ||
| 1972-08-26 | Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin 艶説女侠伝 お万乱れ肌 Enzetsu jokyo-den: Oman midarehada |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Sally May Miki Hayashi |
3rd, and last, in the Foreigner's Mistress Oman series | ||
| 1972-09-06 | Melancholy Flesh Business: Sensuous Zone 官能地帯 哀しみの女街- Kannō chitai: kanashimi no zegen |
Toru Murakawa | Miyoko Aoyama Mitsuko Aoi Hideaki Ezumi |
First Roman Porno starring Miyoko Aoyama, pink film star of the 1960s. | ||
| 1972-09-06 | Amorous Family: Like a Fox and a Racoon 好色家族 狐と狸 Kōshoku kazoku: kitsune to tanuki |
Noboru Tanaka | Mari Tanaka Mikiko Sakai Hidemi Hara |
Sex-comedy involving four greedy sisters seeking their dying mother's fortune. | ||
| 1972-09-16 | Love Affair Exposed 覗かれた情事 Nozokareta jōji |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Kazuko Shirakawa Eijiro Minato |
Dark comedy about the wife of a porn writer who begins to behave like characters in his novels. | ||
| 1972-09-16 | Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market (秘)女郎市場 Maruhi: jorō ichiba |
Chūsei Sone | Yūko Katagiri Aiko Kano |
First in trilogy of comedies set in 19th-century brothels. | ||
| 1972-09-27 | 女子学生 セクシー・ダイナマイト Joshigakusei: sekushii dainamaito |
Isao Hayashi | Mari Tanaka | |||
| 1972-09-27 | Edo Beauty: Feast of Lust 江戸小町 淫の宴 Edo komachi: in no utage |
Akira Katō | Setsuko Ogawa Yūko Katagiri |
Sex historical-film about a woman who encounters incest, rape, prostitution and finally joins a convent. | ||
| 1972-10-07 | Seduction of Eros エロスの誘惑 Erosu no yūwaku |
Toshiya Fujita | Rie Nakagawa Miki Kawamura Hosei Komatsu |
Drama about the sex-lives of characters on the outskirts of society. Takes place entirely in a warehouse. | ||
| 1972-10-07 | Ichijo's Wet Lust 一条さゆり 濡れた欲情 Ichijō Sayuri: nureta yokujō |
Tatsumi Kumashiro | Sayuri Ichijō Hiroko Isayama Kazuko Shirakawa |
Story of a stripper and her manager. Earned writer/director Kumashiro the Kinema Junpo prize, and Hiroko Isayama Best Actress from Kinema Junpo |
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| 1972-10-28 | Apartment Wife: Prime Woman 団地妻 女ざかり Danchizuma onna-zakari |
Saburo Endo | Junko Miyashita Tatsuya Hamaguchi |
5th in the Apartment Wife series | ||
| 1972-10-28 | Three Wives: Wild Nights 妻三人 狂乱の夜 Tsuma san-nin: kyōran no yoru |
Masaru Konuma | Akemi Nijo Hidemi Hara Mari Tanaka |
Melodrama involving multiple wives and mistresses at a family estate. | ||
| 1972-11-08 | Seduction 2: Embrace of the White Angel 白い天使の抱擁 Shiroi tenshi no hōyō: yūwaku 2 |
Katsuhiko Fujii | Yūko Katagiri Hidemi Hara Hijime Tanimoto |
Sexual soap opera involving hospital staff. Loose sequel to Seduction of the White Angel (1972) |
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| 1972-11-08 | Sensual Classroom: Techniques In Love 官能教室 愛のテクニック Kannō kyōshitsu: ai no tekunikku |
Noboru Tanaka | Mari Tanaka Nobutaka Masutomi Ryoji Nakamura |
Story of a high school boy infatuated with his teacher. | ||
| 1972-11-18 | Afternoon Affair: Rear Window 昼下がりの情事 裏窓- Hirusagari no jōji: uramado |
Shōgorō Nishimura | Kazuko Shirakawa Taiji Tonoyama Junko Miyashita |
Story involving a voyeuristic woman and blackmail. | ||
| 1972-11-18 | New Eros Schedule Book: An Offering of Fine Skin 新・色暦大奥秘話 －やわ肌献上- Shin irogoyomi ōku hiwa: yawahada kenjō |
Isao Hayashi | Setsuko Ogawa | 4th in the Eros Schedule Book series. | ||
| 1972-11-29 | Lusty Sisters 色情姉妹 Shikijō shimai |
Chūsei Sone | Keiko Tsuzuki Akemi Nijō |
Drama of societal alienation involving three sisters: a secretary, a prostitute, and a gangster. A stylistic precursor to the later pink films of Hisayasu Satō. | ||
| 1972-11-29 | Sex Hunter: Wet Target セックス・ハンター 濡れた標的 Sex hunter: nureta hyōteki |
Yukihiro Sawada | Joji Sawada (George Harrison) Hiroko Isayama Miyoko Aoyama |
Combines pink film format with rebel youth theme from Sawada's Alleycat Rock scripts | ||
| 1972-12-16 | Secret Chronicle: Opening the Doors to the Sacred Altar (秘)弁天御開帳 Maruhi benten gokaichō |
Kazunari Takeda | Mariko Jun Kyuzo Hayashiya |
2nd in Secret Chronicle trilogy | ||
| 1972-12-16 | Office Lady Journal: Affair of Female Cat ＯＬ日記 牝猫の情事 OL nikki: mesuneko no jōji |
Akira Katō | Rie Nakagawa Katsuaki Yama |
2nd in the Office Lady Journal series | ||
| 1972-12-27 | 哀愁のサーキット Aishū no saakitto |
Toru Murakawa | 木山佳 | |||
| 1972-12-27 | Naked Seven 戦国ロック 疾風の女たち Sengoku rokku nayate no onnatachi |
Yasuharu Hasebe | Mari Tanaka Yuri Yamashina Keiko Tsuzuki |
Parody of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and informal sequel to Hasebe's own Alleycat Rock series Had a limited release in the U.S. |
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