A tabloid reporter trades his soul for scandal and learns some stories devour you whole.
Toru, a down and out tabloid reporter is looking for his next “big” story. In order to get paid decent money in the supermarket rag business, you need to find controversy! The elusive “Momoe” is forbidden fruit, so he sets his sights on Miki Yoko, an up and coming young singing sensation. She’s young and beautiful and Toru thinks her record company is pumping her full of drugs. He will do anything to get a story, even assaulting her and tailing her everywhere she goes. One night, she is kidnapped right in front of him and, with his reporter instincts at work, Toru’s life spirals into a torrid world of sex, drugs, and corruption in the entertainment business. In his quest for a huge story, will he come out unscathed?
Direction
Fujii's economical 68-minute descent into moral sewage.
Production
Gritty Yokohama locations that reek of authentic desperation.
Director
Katsuhiko Fujii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno line, which saved the studio from bankruptcy by producing 3-5 low-budget erotic films monthly from 1971-1988.
The 'rape shot' of the title refers to scandal photography, but the film blurs this with actual assault, reflecting Pink Film's compulsory exploitation of its own actresses.
JP
