68 minutes of 1973 Japanese chaos that invented a genre. Buckle up, weirdos.
Nikkatsu Roman Porno
Direction
Tadashi Yoyogi's fake-doc structure that hoodwinked censors and audiences alike.
Production
The birth of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno formula: art pretense, commerce engine.
Director
Tadashi Yoyogi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nikkatsu's Roman Porno line (1971-1988) kept the studio alive by requiring 'plot' with explicit content, spawning an entire genre of respectable sleaze that influenced everything from Sono Sion to Netflix's 'Naked Director.'
Director Tadashi Yoyogi was a pseudonym-heavy figure in pink film; this 'documentary' structure was a legal and creative workaround to show more while pretending educational intent.
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