Woman of the Lake (1966)

1966
April 28, 2020

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple. Miyako Mizuki ((Mariko Okada), a wife and mother, becomes romantically involved with Kitano, her interior decorator. At first a simple flirtation, the relationship soon develops into a passionate affair with secret meetings in seedy hotels. Miyako permits Kitano to take nude photographs of her as a keepsake. The negatives, however, […]

Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit (1956)

1956

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young married woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. They arrive by train for a summer at the beach; at the station, Haruji spots a young woman and can think of nothing else for the next few days. When they cross paths again – she’s Eri – Haru invites her […]

Boneless (aka Mutilation/Honenuki)

1967

When the two lovers Yuko and Minoru meet again after four years of separation, they find that their old feelings are not dead. The problem is that Yuko is now married. But things get really complicated when their lovemaking is spied upon by a blackmailer who then forces Yuko to have sex with Mister Jacob, a foreign businessman. Ironically, it was Yuko’s unknowing husband who ordered the blackmailer to find a woman for his important […]