

The pinku film that started it all — scandalous, cheap, and weirdly influential.
Pinku from 1968.
Direction
Kataoka's frenetic handheld energy on zero budget.
Production
Shot in days with borrowed locations, still coherent.
Director
Hitoshi Kataoka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This hit theatres the same week Japan's Eirin rating system cracked down on 'obscenity,' making it accidental protest cinema.
Director Kataoka reportedly shot this in three days after another project collapsed, using the same cast and crew already on retainer.
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