It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with photography was a photograph of a naked woman.
Costume
Kimonos hit the floor with concerning efficiency.
Production
Period sets that cost roughly $47 and sheer commitment.
Director
Shinya Yamamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink films of this era often wrapped exploitation in historical or literary respectability—this one's based on actual early Japanese photography, just with significantly more nudity than the archives suggest.
Naomi Tani became the undisputed queen of Japanese S&M cinema; this was early in her reign and she reportedly found the rope work genuinely uncomfortable, which director Yamamoto allegedly considered 'method acting.'
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