Nippon Connection Retro
Secret Hot Spring Resort: Starfish at Night
(Maruhi yu no machi: yoru no hitode) by Mamoru WATANABE
Friday, April 17, 8:30 p.m. Deutsches Filmmuseum
(Cinema at German Filmmuseum)
International premiere
In Anwesenheit von Mamoru WATANABE!
Mamoru WATANABE’s wonderfully humorous film follows a band of smut-peddlers, consisting of Hisao, his wife and main model Saku, and their partner in crime Tori, as they travel between hot spring resorts across Japan.
Credits:
Japan 1970, 35 mm, 73 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Director: Mamoru WATANABE
Writer: Wataru HINO (Atsushi YAMATOYA)
Production: Kanto Eihai
World sales: Stance Company
Cast: Reiko OTSUKI, Tomomi SAHARA, Jun YOSHIDA, Hiroshi NIKAIDO, Yuichi MINATO
About the director: Mamoru WATANABE, born March 13, 1931, is one of the most creative and high-profiled specialists of the Pink Film genre. Since his debut HUSSY from the year 1965, he has literally done hundreds of films.
Filmography (selection): 1965 Hussy (Abazure); 1967 Slave Widow (Dorei mibojin); 1969 Despicable Man-killing Benten (Otoko goroshi gokuaku benten); 1979 Secret Picture! Tightly Bound Torture (Mitsu-sha! kinbaku gomon) / Virgin Rope Makeover (Shojo nawa gesho); 1980 Apartment Wife Bondage (Danchi-zuma o shibari)