Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all! Thought I'd list some the new titles I've acquired either via Xmas presents or just me being good to myself! Let me know what you all got as well!

Blu-Rays:

Inception
Belle de Jour
The Graduate
Metropolis
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The Girlfriend Experience

DVDs:

Greenberg
An Education
Sayuri Ichijo: Following Desire (KimStim R1)
Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor (KimStim R1)
Twisted Path of Love (KimStim R1)
Naked Killer
Masura Konuma: Debauched Desires (KimStim R1)
Naked Rashomon
Blind Womans Curse
Ugetsu Monogatar/Oyu-sama (Eureka Masters of Cinema)


Plus some excellent Nikkatsu and Pink titles, Japanese only but patched with custom subs:

Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell
Ran Masaki Double Bill (Nymphomaniac & Hip and Breast)
New Wife's Hell
Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market
White Rose Campus

Hopefully though Synapse will be putting out some excellent Nikkatsu titles this year so fans of this genre really need to support them and any other company (Pink Eiga for example) who have licensed this great genre of Asian Cinema.

DVD News: Sexy Timetrip Ninjas

“SEXY TIMETRIP NINJAS”

Sasuke the Ninja is tasked with finding a hidden treasure that will reestablish his clan. His only obstacle is the sexy ninja Kagero, who wants the riches for her rival clan. When they fall through a rift in time to 1980s Tokyo, they must put aside their differences and use their wits — and bodies — to survive! Academy Award® Winner Yojiro Takita (”Departures”) directs this hilarious and sexy ninja adventure!

DVD SPECS:
• Japanese Language with English Subtitles
• Widescreen Presentation
• SEXY TIMETRIP NINJAS International Trailer
• SEXY TIMETRIP NINJAS Original Japanese Art Work
• Special Feature: Interview with Ninja Historian, Dr. Alex Bay
• Still Image Slideshow
• Cast and Crew Biographies and Filmographies
• Sneak Peeks: More PINK EIGA Trailers

DVD News: The Japanese Wife Next Door: Part 2

PINK EIGA, Inc. is thrilled to announce their newest release, “THE JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR – PART 2,” veteran Pink Eiga director Yutaka Ikejima's (aka. 'Mr. Pink') sequel to the hit Pink Eiga, “THE JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR.”

“THE JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR – PART 2”

Every choice you make can change the course of your life. This is the premise of THE JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR series. Beginning exactly the same as Part One, a businessman's life is almost complete; all he needs is a wife. He meets two women... and this time he marries the rich one -- whose family just happens to be a bunch of sado-masochistic sociopaths!

Directed by ‘Mr. Pink,’ Yutaka Ikejima, and starring the sexy Yazaki Akane and with a special appearance by erotic bombshell Reiko Yamaguchi, star of part one, the JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR - PART 2 is a raunchy and bizarre erotic comedy! The film had its North American premier at the prestigious 2010 New York Asian Film Festival.

DVD SPECS:

• Japanese Language with English Subtitles
• Featurette: Interview with Director Yutaka Ikejima
• Featurette: Interview with Star Reiko Yamaguchi
• Featurette: Interview with Composer Hitomi Oba
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Widescreen Presentation
• THE JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR: Part 2 International Movie Trailers
• Cast and Crew Biographies and Filmographies
• Still Image Slideshow
• Original Japanese Artwork
• Sneak Peek: More PINK EIGA Trailers

STREET DATE: September 30th, 2010 (Pre-Release: September 14th, 2010)

DVD Review: Ninja Pussy Cat

Ninja Pussy Cat

Japan 2003
Dir: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Starring: Mashiro, Tomotake Shigematsu, Yoko Satomi, Takahiro Nomura, Miyuki Konno, Hiroyuki Kawasaki.
DVD Released: 1st June 2010
Cert: NR
Running Time: 61 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Non-Anamorphic NTSC
Audio: Japanese DD2.0, Japanese 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English
Distributor: Pink Eiga
Region: 0 NTSC


The Film:

In 16th Century Japan rival clans Iga and Fuma fight it out for control of the Shogunate. Having come across some info about the illegitimacy of the Iga Shogun's heir the leader of the Fuma clan is unceremoniously killed by Hattori Hanzo and his ninja assassins. Fuma's head ninja survives however and sets out to avenge his master's death and, er, shag his daughter if he gets a chance. Yes it's Pink Eiga's take on the traditional Japanese samurai/ninja flick crossed with a female revenge thriller so don't worry about the boring old plot. The standard silly ninja magic tricks are dialled up to eleven and given an erotic spin; 'Ninja Arts: Hypnotic Kiss' proclaims one naughty ninja as he delivers a mesmerising smooch. But that's nothing compared to the 'Ninja Arts: Venus Flytrap' technique, think Goldeneye's Xenia Onatopp, only a bit more hardcore, ouch! This is the art of Kunoichi you see, highly trained female warriors who practise the mystical Sexual Ninja Arts. They answer only to mascara wearing lethal ladyboy Hattori Hanzo - a sick little freak that gets his jollies S&M style, hypnotising women into assassinating their lovers "She's my sexual assassin and she doesn't even know it" he cackles.

It's another over the top, bizarre entry in the Pink Eiga series that I've come to know and love, well, bravely endure anyway. This one is somewhat lacking in tongue-in-cheek humour however and suffers for that. It's a very po-faced and serious period piece with all the funnies coming from the absurd sexual martial arts on display rather than the performances. That said it is only around 60 minutes in length (as is the norm for Pinkies) so it barrels along at a good pace and doesn't really get a chance to outstay it's welcome. The sheer variety and versatility of filmmaking apparent in these little flicks continues to surprise me almost as much as the weird sexual shenanigans on display. Shot in just 3 days this apparently was the very first lady ninja/samurai Pink Eiga and it spawned an entire sub-genre of imitators, I'm not sure I'd seek them out in abundance but I'd certainly like to see a couple more released on this label.

Watch out for the truly outstanding 'Ninja Arts: Honeypot Hell' technique, it'll take your breath away, literally!


The Disc: 

If you've seen any of Pink Eiga's previous releases then you know what to expect here - it's another soft and altogether ropey 1.85:1 non-anamorphic transfer with hard-matted English subtitles. Standard servicable 2.0 Japanese language audio mix plus a very similar 5.1 mix.

Here's where Pink Eiga shine though - Extras:

Introduction to the film with Director Hiroyuki Kawasaki and Actress Yoko Satomi - a short, 4 minute, intro in which the couple briefly discuss their working relationship and making Ninja Pussy Cat.

Interview with Actress Yoko Satomi - a 13 minute conversation with the charming Miss Satomi in which the veteran of over 100 Pink Eiga flicks (since 1998) candidly talks about her start in the business, her previous roles and eventually her experiences on the set of Ninja Pussy Cat.

Interview with Director Hiroyuki Kawasaki - a 15 minute chat with Kawasaki that takes us on an exhaustive look at his career in Pink Eiga (21 straight to DVD and 2 theatrical flicks) also discussed is his time as an actor and his role as the self-proclaimed master of lady ninja movies.

Text based bios about the actors and director, an original theatrical trailer, photo gallery and a trailers for the rest of Pink Eiga's catalogue.


Review by Giuseppe Rijitano

DVD Review: Deep Contact

Deep Contact

Japan 1998
Dir: Yukio Kitazawa
Starring: Kazushi Ikeda, Seiji Nakamitsu, Riri Kuramoto, Motoko Sasaki, Myu Asou, Shoko Kudo, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Jun Kawai, Kenichi Kanbe.
DVD Released: 15th June 2010
Cert: NR
Running Time: 61 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Non-Anamorphic NTSC
Audio: Japanese DD2.0
Subtitles: English
Distributor: Pink Eiga
Region: 0 NTSC


The Film:

There are rumours of a comet coming to destroy the earth, the streets are deserted except for feckless gambler Wataru (Kazushi Ikeda) legging it through downtown Tokyo, he owes money to a loan shark and the thumb-breakers have come a-callin. Lucky for him however he is deftly kidnapped by a group of red-baseball-capped weirdos who take him to a secret complex. A strange hospital in which the nurses don't wear panties and everyone seems to be humping constantly. Dr. Ohora (Seiji Nakamitsu), the nutter running the place, explains to Wataru that this is the earth's only hope of survival; the power of Sexual Psychokinesis! Yup, the psychokinetic power unleashed during orgasm will be harnessed in an attempt to divert the deadly comet by a minuscule degree in the hopes it will bypass our planet. These dudes are fucking to save the planet. Despite the allure of Ohora’s most promising candidate; Ikuko (Riri Kuramoto, a virginal young sexpot that has intense psychokinetic orgasms that can make an iron ball that weighs a ton float off the ground) Wataru still wants paying for his 'efforts', $100,000 should get him good and hard apparently. As the big day approaches hundreds of psychokinetic facilities all over the world prepare thousands of couples for a synchronized orgy that will culminate in the release of the largest amount of sexual energy ever witnessed, but will it be enough to save civilisation from destruction?

Honestly I keep thinking the Japanese can't possibly surprise me anymore, I've seen more than my fair share (and more than yours combined I'll bet) of Nipponese neurosis via the likes of Miike and Tsukamoto all the way back to Suzuki and Pinky Violence, but damn if Pink Eiga don't just go ahead and release a 12 year old spoof/rip-off of Deep Impact that makes my jaw drop at the sheer perverse absurdity on display. The world is in crisis but fear not for the Japanese have a plan! Comet coming to hit the earth? Let's fuck! Apparently this was the first sci-fi tinged Pink Eiga production and despite all the throwback 70's style sex shenanigans you can't help but be amused by the combined audacity and insanity of what you are watching. The truly odd thing is that certain scenes in between all the slapstick and furious shagging evoke the existential low budget sci-fi melancholy of classics like The Quiet Earth - no shit! As always then Pink Eiga DVD grants us another peek into the weird, wacky and often very funny world of low budget Japanese exploitation cinema. Twisted, perverted bloody genius!


The Disc:

Same old, same old from Pink Eiga; soft, non-progressive and ropey sums up the 1.85:1 non-anamorphic transfer with hard-matted English subtitles. 2.0 Japanese language audio mix is clean and clear.

Cast and crew video commentary; featuring Director Yukio Kitazawa, writer/producer Akira Fukuhara, actress Motoko Sasaki and actor Seiji Nakamitsu. The screen splits into two horizontal slices for this nice little extra with the bottom half featuring a round table of aforementioned participants. A friendly bunch that get all nostalgic watching a film they obviously had a great time making. Lots of informative anecdotes, laughter and behind the scenes stories here. Japanese audio with hard matted English subs.

Interview with director Yukio Kitazawa; a 13 minute chat with Yukio touching on all aspects of the production plus his experiences of working in the Pink Eiga industry. Candid and interesting. Japanese audio with hard matted English subs.

Plus the usual text based bios about the actors and director, an original theatrical trailer, photo gallery and a trailers for the rest of Pink Eiga's catalogue.


Review by Giuseppe Rijitano

DVD News: Deep Contact & Ninja Pussy Cat

Out on June 1st from Pink Eiga comes Deep Contact and Ninja Pussy Cat! This great Californian DVD outfit just keep delivering, cast your eyes over the details:

DEEP CONTACT

The years is 1999, and a comet is on a collision course with Earth! WATARU is kidnapped and taken to a secret hospital where the chief scientist tells him that he has a unique sexual psychokinetic ability that can save humankind. Together with the sexy scientist, IKUKO, who also has sexual psycho-kinetic abilities, they screw to save the planet from ARMAGEDDON!

Directed by Yukio Kitazawa, Deep Contact is a sexy and hilarious, sci-fi romance!

Extras:

• Japanese Language with English Subtitles
• Widescreen Presentation
• Still Image Slideshow
• “Deep Contact” Original Artwork
• “Deep Contact” International Trailers
• Cast and Crew Biographies and Filmographies
• Interview with Director Yukio Kitazawa
• Video Commentary with Cast and Crew
• Sneak Peeks: More PINK EIGA Trailers

NINJA PUSSY CAT

In 16th century Japan, Kotaro the Ninja is murdered after discovering that the Shogun and his son - the heir apparent - are not related. Now it is up to Kotaro's ninja daughter, KAEDE, to avenge her father's death using sexy and deadly ninja fighting techniques that she invents herself!

Hiroyuki Kawasaki's NINJA PUSSY CAT was a huge hit in Japan and made the sexy MASHIRO a star while also spawning the popular LADY NINJA KASUMI & KAEDE series! The film had its North American premier at the popular 2009 San Francisco Another Hole in the Head Film Festival.

Extras:

• Japanese Language with English Subtitles
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Widescreen Presentation
• Still Image Slideshow
• “Ninja Pussy Cat” Original Artwork
• “Ninja Pussy Cat” International Trailers
• Cast and Crew Biographies and Filmographies
• Introduction by Director Hiroyuki Kawasaki & Actress Yoko Satomi
• Featurette: Interview With Director Hiroyuki Kawasaki
• Featurette: Interview With Actress Yoko Satomi
• Sneak Peeks: More PINK EIGA Trailers

DVD Review: Blind Love

Blind Love

Japan 2005
Dir: Daisuke Goto
Starring: Konatsu, Shota Kotagi, Yota Kawase, Horyu Nakamura, Yutaka Ikejima.
DVD Released: 23rd Nov 2009
Cert: NR
Running Time: 65 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Non-Anamorphic NTSC
Audio: Japanese DD2.0
Subtitles: English
Distributor: Pink Eiga
Region: 0 NTSC

The Film

Blind Love tells the tale of hard-up, middle-aged, short-arse ventriloquist Daisuke (Shota Kotaki) who performs his old-fashioned routine to almost empty theatres on a nightly basis. He does have one fan though, Hikari (Konatsu), a blind girl who loves the sound of Daisuke's voice. When she finally plucks up the courage to go backstage and meet him she stumbles and falls into the arms of his tall, good looking, young apprentice Yoichi (Yota Kawase) and mistakes him for Daisuke, who plays along in the moment thinking that she might be a nutter of some kind.

Before you know it the guys are taking Hikari out on the town, with Daisuke using Yoichi like a human ventriloquist's dummy. And for a while it's all fun, games and hard drinking until Hikari wants to have sex. Cue the world's most awkward threesome as Daisuke has to make like the invisible man in the corner of the bedroom. Of course Daisuke has actually started to fall in love with Hikari and begins to resent his assistant, not difficult really seeing as Yoichi's pretty much a thoughtless slimebag that'll shag anything in a kimono (and I mean anything, there's a terrifying scene involving a fat chick and copious underarm hair). Yoichi causes further damage when he speaks to Hikari on the phone and teases her about her sexual activities implying that Daisuke has been crudely bragging about bedding a blind girl. Thus armed with a pair of massive platform shoes Daisuke sets out to prove his love and win over Hikari......

My only experiences of Pink Eiga before this feature were two instalments of the Groper Train series; weird, wacky,very sleazy and occasionally quite funny. So finding this one to be a well thought out, funny, almost sweet, low budget indie rom-dramedy dressed up as a Japanese softcore sleaze flick is quite a pleasant surprise. It still contains the requisite sex scenes but they are very much incidental to the overall plot, if a tad lengthy. It is essentially a re-imagining of Cyrano de Bergerac trampling on Chaplin's Limelight dragged kicking and screaming through a Von Trier/Dogme flick (via it's bittersweet ending) unbelievably enough! Not without it's flaws, mainly due to it's low budget and rushed production I'm sure but I'd be very curious indeed to discover what director Daisuke Goto could do with a proper budget and a shot at the mainstream.

The Disc

Another soft 1.85:1 non-anamorphic transfer with hard-matted English subtitles from Pink Eiga. Standard 2.0 Japanese language audio mix.

Extras - Based around the film's screening at the New York Asian Film Festival this disc contains a surprising and very informative package of special features.

Audio commentary with director Daisuke Goto and cinematographer Masahide Iioka recorded the day after the NYAFF screening, it's a breezy, very enjoyable discussion about all aspects of the production and even a few quite amusing anecdotes, worth noting there are no English subs for this track, however a spoken English translation track is included.

Interview with director Daisuke Goto, running at 18 minutes this is a very frank chat with Daisuke ranging from his early career to the Japanese film industry to his Pink movies and finally to his memories of making Blind Love.

Interview with cinematographer Masahide Iioka, clocking in at 10 minutes, discussions mainly centers on Masahide's experience of working with Daisuke and technical info on making Blind Love.

Introduction to Blind Love, is a brief intro with Daisuke and Masahide filmed just before the NYAFF screening in front of the audience.

Q&A with Daisuke Goto, was filmed right after the screening. Here the NYAFF audience get to ask the director and his cinematographer a few questions. Runs for 13 mins.

Plus there are also a few text based bios about the actors and director, an original theatrical trailer, photo gallery.

A fun little film about people obsessed with self-loathing finding love!

Review by Giuseppe Rijitano

DVD Review: Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio

Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio

Japan 1984
Dir: Yojiro Takita
Starring: Yukijiro Hotaru, Yuka Takemura, Yutaka Ikejima, Yoshimi Kai, Rei Matsubara, Tatsuya Nagatomo, Yonosuke Tatekawa, Shuji Kataoka, Shinji Kubo, Katsuo Sakai.
DVD Released: 23rd Nov 2009
Cert: NR
Running Time: 67 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Non-Anamorphic NTSC
Audio: Japanese DD2.0
Subtitles: English
Distributor: Pink Eiga
Region: 0 NTSC

The Film

There's discord at the Kuroda Private Eye office as Ippei Kuroda's (Yukijiro Hotaru) assistant Hamako (Yuka Takemura) is about to get a visit from her fiance. An arranged marriage, Hamako's having none of it so she heads out and grabs herself the first guy that touches her up on the express train. Despite appearing to be mentally retarded, her new man Gin, sporting a Napoleon hat and conducting imaginary symphonies wherever he goes, appears to be rich so Hamako's happy to be his sextoy for a couple of days until her arranged fiance gets the idea and leaves her alone.

Meanwhile Kuroda's got himself a case; a dying billionaire wants his missing daughter, Hiromi, found before he shuffles off. Distinguishing features of said missing girl; diamond filling in a back tooth. Of course Kuroda's going to head back to the express train (well this is Groper Train) dressed as a dentist he makes the women say aaahhhh via some panties-based action in the hopes of finding Hiromi, but to no avail.

Things get more complicated as people start getting bumped off; beginning with Hiromi, then her billionaire father, then her brother (who it turns out is aforementioned nutbag Gin) plus the arrival of Hamako's fiance, Kuma, a gaptoothed Japanese redneck riding a tractor and carrying a shotgun. Once again it's a race against time as Kuroda and Hamako try to find the killer and get in as much kinky sex as they can before they too fall victim to the mystery assassin.

Another schizophrenic Pink Eiga production then. Again directed by Oscar winner Yojiro Takita. A pedestrian murder/mystery plotline spiced up with some very dodgy sex scenes and topped off by a delightfully absurd homage to Close Encounters Of The Third Kind via a musical Casio calculator and a light-saber penis that has to be seen to be believed.

The Disc

Better looking presentation than Groper Train: Black Pearl, but still a soft 1.85:1 non-anamorphic transfer with hard-matted English subtitles.

Standard 2.0 Japanese language audio mix.

Extras include a 5 minute featurette entitled Riding the Groper Train: Part 2 The Rise and Fall of Groper Train, in which actor/director Yutaka Ikejima (about to start production on his 109th! pink film) explains how the Groper Train series came to an end and the possible beginning of a new series Groper Hot Spring!
There are also a few text based bios about the actors and director.

Review by Giuseppe Rijitano

DVD Review: Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

Japan 1984
Dir: Yojiro Takita
Starring: Yukijiro Hotaru, Yuka Takemura, Naoto Takenaka, Tomoyasu Shu, Kaoru Kaze, Kazumi Kimura, Serina Miyabi, Mitsuo Nakayama
DVD Released: 23rd Nov 2009
Cert: NR
Running Time: 64 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Non-Anamorphic NTSC
Audio: Japanese DD2.0
Subtitles: English
Distributor: Pink Eiga
Region: 0 NTSC

The Film

Groper Train: Search For The Black Pearl

The action kicks off in Manchuria, 1928; a shell shocked Japanese soldier, Gohei Yamamori, making his way wearily through the desert stumbles across a severed hand sporting a black pearl ring. As the credits roll we cut to 1984; a crowded Japanese commuter train, it's Gohei again (much older), fingerbanging a woman (much younger) in the back carriage (snigger). Unfortunately for him he has a stroke mid-stroke and next thing you know he's on his deathbed begging his nurse/wife Matsuko for one last quickie before he'll give up the location of his priceless black pearl. With his last gasping breath he utters; 'pussy print'. Yup, an inked vagina pressed on paper and framed on the wall, unfortunately damaged in a fire.

With no idea how this odd piece of art relates to where the black pearl might be hidden Matsuko (in between shagging her son-in-law) seeks professional assistance and who better to help find a wayward pussy but a private dick; Groper Train series veterans Ippei Kuroda (Yukijiro Hotaru) and his assistant Hamako (Yuka Takemura) are soon on the case. The vagina in question belongs to Gohei's missing niece Yoko so in the hopes of finding her and thus making a new undamaged print Kuroda decides to go pussy hunting...on the train....during rush hour. After multiple gropings and a couple of nasty surprises (bloody tampon, fresh turd) Kuroda strikes gold and finds horny Yoko!

At this point the Great Mystery Writer Seicho Matsuki (Naoto Takenaka) is also called in to assist in the case. First he's going to need a good long look at the original vagina that made the print! Better be fast though because as the investigation progresses Gohei's niece and son are both murdered, but by whom? 

Will Kuroda and Hamako figure it out before they become the killer's next victims? And more importantly will there be a final act homage to Flashdance in which Hamako trains to make her pussy tighter? Yes. Yes there will.

This was my first experience of Pink Eiga and it's some truly weird and wacky stuff. According to the Pink genre 'rules' these films must be low budget, around an hour in length, filmed quickly and most importantly contain a good number of sex scenes. It may seem nuts basing an entire series of films around the uniquely Japanese phenomenon of groping women on crowded trains but what's crazier is that at the peak of their popularity 20 of these were being released per year! It seems that these films provided an outlet for new and experimental filmmakers as evidenced by the off-beat and often genuinely funny and surprising technical elements found in this episode - look out for the view from the inside of a vagina. Oh and the director of this particular entry in the series, Yojiro Takita, won Japan's first, and thus far only, Oscar for best foreign language film in 2009 for the excellent Departures.

The Disc

Distinctly average looking presentation, soft 1.85:1 non-anamorphic transfer with hard-matted English subtitles. Standard 2.0 Japanese language audio mix.

Extras include a 7 minute featurette entitled Riding the Groper Train: An Interview With Mr. Pink, in which actor/director Yutaka Ikejima (about to start production on his 109th! pink film) explains how the Groper Train series came about. There are also a few text based bios about the actors and director.

The Japanese prove yet again that they are the perviest nation on the planet!

Review by Giuseppe Rijitano

DVD Review: The Japanese Wife Next Door

My review is up over at the revamped and fantastic Cinema Nocturna! Enjoy!

You want the new 2nd Edition Pink Eiga S&M Hunter DVD?

You want the new Robin Bougie designed S & M Hunter DVD for free? Then click on the on the pretty picture below to find out how!

Cinema Sewer goes Pink Eiga!

My colleague over at AV Maniacs and the creator of the fine Cinema Sewer publications, Robin Bougie, has turned his hand to DVD cover art for Pink Eiga for their 2nd edition of S+M Hunter and it looks fantastic, maybe Pink Eiga should have reversible cover art from now, like Shameless and Arrow film in the UK with the original poster art on one side and Robin's creations on the other!

DVD News: More Pink Eiga Goodness!

More fantastic releases from Pink Eiga on the way - will try and get round to properly reviewing all of them very soon, but coming on January 14th are "The Japanese Wife Next Door" and "Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio"

A businessman’s life is almost complete; all he needs is a wife. He meets two prospective women… But ends up marrying the one who’s a secret nympho! Unable to satisfy her lust, the new wife seduces the rest of his family — including the businessman’s sister and grandpa! Folks, as the cover suggest – this one is as naughty as they get!

Directed by “Mr. Pink,” Yutaka Ikejima, and starring the erotic bombshell, Reiko Yamaguchi, the JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR is a hilarious and nasty erotic comedy! The film had its North American premier at the prestigious 2009 New York Asian Film Festival.



Full DVD Specs:
Genre – Erotic Comedy
Year – 2004
TRT – 61 min.
English Subtitles
Region 0 DVD Plays Worldwide
DVD SPECS:
• Japanese Language with English Subtitles
• Widescreen Presentation
• Still Image Slideshow
• “The Japanese Wife Next Door” Original Artwork
• “The Japanese Wife Next Door” International Trailers
• Cast and Crew Biographies and Filmographies
• Featurette: Interview with Director Yutaka Ikejima
• Featurette: Interview with Star Reiko Yamaguchi
• Full-Length Video Commentary with Cast & Crew
• Sneak Peeks: More PINK EIGA Trailers

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The world’s greatest detective, Kuroda, is back and this time hired by a politician to find his estranged daughter. When the daughter is found dead, the mystery deepens. Meanwhile, Kuroda’s assistant tries to stop her arranged marriage to a country hick by shacking-up with a composer who writes symphonies on his calculator — when he’s not groping women on the Tokyo trains!

Directed by 2008 Academy Award® Winner Yojiro Takita (‘DEPARTURES’), GROPER TRAIN: WEDDING CAPRICCIO is a comedic, sex-filled train ride and a clever mystery with mind-bending film references!The film had its North American premier at the prestigious 2009 New York Asian Film Festival.

Full DVD Specs:
Genre – Comedy/Mystery
Year – 1984
TRT – 67 min.
English Subtitles
Region 0 DVD Plays Worldwide
Special Features:
• Japanese Language with English Subtitles
• Widescreen Edition
• Featurette: ‘Riding the Groper Train: The Rise & Fall of Groper Train
• Mr. Pink Talks About the Groper Train series
• Groper Train International Movie Trailer
• Cast and Crew Biographies and Filmographies
• Still Image Slideshow
• Original Japanese Movie Poster
• Sneak Peek: More PINK EIGA Trailers

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DVD News: Blind Love & Groper Train from Pink Eiga

Also just released are Blind Love and Groper Train from Pink Eiga, who look to have struck gold once again with another fine set of DVD's hot on the heels from their fantastic release of Tsumugi a few months ago. Full of reviews of both very soon!

Blind Love (Amazon.com)

A blind girl falls in love with a ventriloquist by just listening to his voice. However, when she meets him, she mistakes his friend for the ventriloquist. She starts dating his friend without realizing it’s the wrong man and not the man she fell for. From the Director of “Scorpion Revenge” and “Zero Woman.” Silver Prize in Pink Eiga Film Festival 2005

Groper Train - Search for the Black Pearl (Amazon.com)

Directed by 2008 Academy Award® Winner Yojiro Takita (”Departures”)!

In 1934, the world’s largest black pearl disappears. Years later, Gohei, a dying war veteran claims to know the whereabouts of the coveted jewel. With his last breath, he utters the words “pussy print” to his wife Matsuko — and the mystery is on!

Unable to crack the mystery alone, Matsuko enlists the help of the world famous detective, Ippei, to decipher the cryptic message and track down the black pearl. However, when the investigation proves to be too complicated for even the talented Ippei to handle, the famous mystery writer Seicho Matsuki gets involved. The search turns into an all out free-for-all as each party sets its sights on the legendary black pearl.

Who will find it first?