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Yōko Mihara
was an actress of Japanese exploitation cinema, erotic dancer and pin-up model who was active from the 1950s to 1970s. Life and career Mihara signed up with Shintoho in 1951 but appeared mostly in minor roles, pursuing the career of a pin-up model and stripper, until her role as the lead actress in Teruo Ishii's 1957 film '' Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals''. The following year, Shintoho made Mihara the star of their low-budget '' ama'' series in place of Michiko Maeda. She first appeared in Yoshiki Onoda's '' Cannibal Ama'' (1958) followed by the 1959 ''Girl Divers at Spook Mansion''. Following Shintoho's bankruptcy in 1961, Mihara worked almost exclusively for Toei, including four films in Ishii's ''Abashiri Prison'' yakuza film series in 1966 and 1967 and later in their '' onsen geisha'' sexploitation films, eventually becoming a staple actress of the studio's " pinky violence" subgenre by the early 1970s. Selected filmography * '' Nude Actress Murder Case: Fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morioka, Iwate
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 283,981 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Geography Morioka is located in the in central Iwate Prefecture, at the confluence of three rivers, the Kitakami River, Kitakami, the Shizukuishi River, Shizukuishi and the Nakatsu River, Nakatsu. The Kitakami River is the second largest river on the Pacific side of Japan (after the Tone River) and the longest in the Tōhoku region. It runs through the city from north to south and has a number of dams within the city boundaries, including the Shijūshida Dam and Gandō Dam. An active volcano, Mount Iwate, dominates the view to the northwest of the city. Mount Himekami is to the north and Mount Hayachine can sometimes be seen to the southeast. Surrounding municipalities Iwate Prefecture *Hachimantai, Iwate, Hachimantai *Hanam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinky Violence
refers in Japan to movies produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. Many pink films would be analogous to erotic thrillers such as ''Fatal Attraction'' or ''Basic Instinct''. Independent studios that release pink films include OP Eiga, Shintōhō Eiga, Kokuei and Xces. The phrase 'pink film' came into use after the major Toei began advertising some of its movies as 'porno' in 1971 and another major Nikkatsu switched to producing only ''Roman Porno'' films later that year. Until the early 2000s, they were almost exclusively shot on 35 mm film. Recently, filmmakers have increasingly used video (while retaining their emphasis on soft-core narrative). Many theaters swapped 35mm for video projectors and began relying on old videos to meet the demand of triple-feature showings. Films that are now regarded as pink films became wildly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
