Black Snow (1965)
With Daydream, Tetsuji Takechi made the first mainstream pinku eiga, but with Black Snow, he really ruffled feathers. Yet for all its importance, Black Snow is largely forgotten.
Daydream – Japanese poster
When I first saw this poster for Tetsuji Takechi's Daydream, I didn't think too much of it. But with each accidental revisitation, it has demanded my attention, and that's not just because of the beautiful naked woman.
Daydream (1964)
Daydream is an important entry in the long (and ongoing) history of the Pinku eiga. The first of its kind to be released in mainstream cinemas (which sort of means it doesn’t count as a Pinku film), Daydream is one of the few Pinku films to circulate outside of Japan. While most Pinku films (and...
