A lonely bathhouse owner gets steamed — and not by the hot water.
Yosaburo's wife Chieko ran away from him, and he was running a public bath on his own. One night, Sakura, a beautiful woman he had never seen before, visited the bathhouse. Yosaburo was completely captivated by her. From then on, Sakura came to the bathhouse almost every night. However, Kumagawa, a regular customer, heard a rumor that a woman in a yukata was looking for men in the neighborhood. Yosaburo was worried, so he followed her on her way home from the bathhouse, and Kumagawa passed by. After a brief exchange of words, they started walking together. Then she disappeared into a house. When Yosaburo went around to the garden to peek inside, Kumagawa was playing with Sakura's body...
Cinematography
Surprisingly moody bathhouse lighting elevates the cheap sets.
Acting
Yuki Tsukamoto's hollow-eyed mystery woman routine.
Director
Satoshi Shimomoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink films (pinku eiga) were Japan's solution to the 1970s collapse of studio pornography — low budgets, 60-70 minute runtimes, and enough 'plot' to satisfy censors while delivering the goods.
Satoshi Shimomoto was a reliable pink film journeyman who occasionally transcended the genre; this 2000 release came as digital video was killing the theatrical pink film market, making it a late-period artifact.
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