was an early 1970s

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band made up of 5 hafu members including Maria Mori, Eva Mary and Luna Takamura. Golden Half was promoted by

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and was composed in September 1970 to sing and go-go dance on the

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show ''BEAT POP''. They often sang western pop songs in Japanese and split in 1974. The band appeared in the nightclub scenes in

Yasuharu Hasebe was a Japanese film director best known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the ''Pink film'', such as '' Assault! Jack the Ripper'' (1976), ''Rape!'' (1976), '' Rape! 13th Hour'' (1977) and ''Raping!'' (1978). Earlier genre films di ...

's ''Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter'' where they performed their hit song ''Kiiroi Sakuranbo'' ("Yellow Cherry").

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Musical groups established in 1970 Musical groups disestablished in 1974 Japanese pop music groups Japanese musical quintets {{Japan-band-stub