Nikkatsu Roman Porno Trailer Collection

Impulse Pictures

R1 DVD

By the early Seventies many of Japan’s major studios were losing money hand over fist to the pink market and hence some changes had to be made. The pink market produced a wide range of increasing adult films, most of which were made on a very limited budget.

Nikkatsu was Japan’s oldest movie studio and in response to the competition coming from the lowest end of the market decided to have a go themselves. They were a company which a solid financial base, good production facilities and an amazing reserve of talent, accordingly they were in a great position to create some unique pink titles.

This was not a new venture for Nikkatsu, exploitation entertainment had a respected role in Japanese cinema and Nikkatsu had previously produced Story of Heresy in Meiji Era (1968) and Tokyo Bathhouse (1968). The Roman Porno series was launched in 1971 with Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon, starring Kazuko Shirakawa. It was a major success and inspired over twenty sequels over seven years. This launches Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno which basically continued for the next two decades.

The most fascinating aspect of the Roman Porno films is their variety. There was complete freedom of expression for the filmmakers as long at the films had four nude (or sex) scenes per hour. The films arranged from standard eroticism through all manner of bondage, S & M and more extreme content. The S & M genre in Roman Porno began in 1974, there was also a “Violent Pink” range started in 1976 which include violence and rape titles.

This collection offers an amazing array of Roman Porno trailers, some 25 in all. They have been digitally mastered, presented in widescreen and include clear new translated English subtitles. There is a nice Linear Notes booklet and a bonus short film Ryoko’s Lesbian Flight. These trailers cover the complete gambit of the Roman Porno range and give some excellent examples of the sort of films they produced. The trailers are generous in length, high in quality and greatly enjoyable.

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