Cruel Map of Women's Bodies
| Cruel Map of Women's Bodies | |
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 Theatrical poster for Cruel Map of Women's Bodies (1967) | |
| Directed by | Masanao Sakao[1] |
| Starring | Naomi Tani |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ōkura Eiga |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cruel Map of Women's Bodies (女体残虐図, Nyotai Zangyakuzu)[2] aka Female Bodies in a Brutal Scenario[3] is a 1967 Japanese pink film directed by Masanao Sakao. It is significant for being future "S&M Queen" Naomi Tani's first starring role in a film dealing primarily with S&M.
Synopsis[edit]
Yōko is a young woman who is forced into prostitution by a yakuza gang. She repeatedly escapes from the gang, and is repeatedly captured, and repeatedly tortured at length.[4][5][6]
Cast[edit]
- Naomi Tani as Yōko[5]
- Sachiko Inoue
- Miki Hayashi as Harue
- Jōji Nagaoka as Asada
- Akio Shirakawa as Akagawa
- Sanpei Nawa as Aoki
- Hiroko Fuji
Background[edit]
Director Masanao Sakao filmed Cruel Map of Women's Bodies for Ōkura Eiga and it was released theatrically in Japan by that studio on October 28, 1967.[2] Sakao made several films about prostitutes throughout his career.[4] In Virgins With Bad Reputations (1967), he directed Naomi Tani again, as a former prostitute trying to escape her past.[7] Sakao found his greatest success at Nihon Cinema studio with Virgins and Pimp (1968).[8]
Actress Naomi Tani, who would become known as the "Queen" of S&M film had her first experience with cinematic S&M theme in director Kin'ya Ogawa's Memoirs Of A Modern Female Doctor (also 1967). However, Cruel Map of Women's Bodies was her first film which fully explored S&M as its central theme.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
English[edit]
- Cowie, Peter, ed. (1977). "Japan". World Filmography 1967. London: Tantivy Press. p. 365. ISBN 0-498-01565-3.
- Fentone, Steve (1998). "A Rip of the Flesh: The Japanese 'Pink Film' Cycle: Cruel Map of Women's Bodies". She; Japanese Sinema. 2 (11): 10.
- Jotai zangyakuzo (1968) at IMDb
- "JOTAI ZANGYAKUZU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 139. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
Japanese[edit]
- 女体残虐図 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- 女体残虐図 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-04-11.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Infobox data from 女体残虐図 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ a b 女体残虐図 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ "JOTAI ZANGYAKUZU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ a b c Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 139. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
- ^ a b Cowie, Peter, ed. (1977). "Japan". World Filmography 1967. London: Tantivy Press. p. 365. ISBN 0-498-01565-3.
- ^ Fentone, Steve (1998). "A Rip of the Flesh: The Japanese 'Pink Film' Cycle: Cruel Map of Women's Bodies". She; Japanese Sinema. 2 (11): 10.
- ^ Weisser, p. 453.
- ^ Weisser, pp. 139, 452.