Pink film pioneer Rumi Tama flips the script: the wife's away, hubby's the lonely one.
Yusaku feels that his wife, Misako, has become more bewitching. This is because Misako's erogenous zones have been completely developed by Yusaku's careful daily sexual techniques. Misako is moaning in Yusaku's arms. She had been so absorbed in sex since last night that she seemed to have forgotten the time. She was living a happy married life that everyone envied, but when Yusaku decided to transfer to Bangkok, she left for Thailand on her own. Feeling lonely being alone, he decides to meet up with his old friend Keiko. However, she was now working at a traveling soap. In order to relieve her loneliness, she asks if he would like to work with her...
Direction
Rumi Tama, rare woman director in pink film, brings unexpected empathy.
Production
Bangkok location shooting elevates this above typical studio-bound entries.
Director
Rumi Tama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rumi Tama directed over 50 pink films in her career, making her one of the most prolific women in the genre. This was her penultimate directorial credit.
'Soapland' refers to Japanese brothels where bathing precedes services; the 'traveling soap' (出張ソープ) is a mobile version, often dispatched to hotels. The film's Thai setting exploits 1990s Japanese economic expansion anxieties.
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