A bored housewife, a VCR, and 74 minutes of escalating chaos. 1980s Japan knew drama.
While waiting for her husband to return from a business trip a bored housewife excites herself by watching naughty videos...
Production
Gritty 1980s video store atmosphere, authentically lurid.
Direction
Takigawa's patient descent into psychological unraveling.
Director
Sho Takigawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink films (pinku eiga) dominated Japanese low-budget cinema in the 60s-80s, often sneaking genuine auteur experimentation under the guise of required nudity quotas.
Director Sho Takigawa made numerous Roman Porno-style films for Nikkatsu; this independent production lacks that studio's gloss, which arguably serves its grimy domestic horror better.
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