88 Films have snuck in three new releases onto their websites slated for July, sitting under their Roman Porno and Japanarchy banners. Kyoko, played by the stunning Kumi Taguchi (Wolf Guy, Deep Throat ...

It is too good to be dismissed as mere Roman Porno. Yet, calling it a social-issue film doesn't quite capture it either. Watching the 1974 Nikkatsu film 'Tamanoi: The Red-Light District, You Can Pass ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Nikkatsu is launching sales of Jeremias Nyangoen’s Black Coffee, with Indonesian stars Reza Rahadian and Sha Ine Febriyanti playing a blind couple longing for a child. Inspired by a ...

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What became known as “Roman porno” was a Japanese studio invention of the 1970s and ’80s. Created by Nikkatsu Studios, the films were about an hour long, shot in a single week, and featured softcore ...

Long-established film company Nikkatsu announced on March 3 that it has established NK Animation, a new company that will handle Nikkatsu's animation-related business, as part of Nikkatsu's ...

Books are piled up everywhere in the room where Soichiro Tahara writes and eats. The clutter seems to express his curiosity, which covers a wide range of fields. He probes taboos and criticizes ...

Japan’s Nikkatsu has acquired worldwide sales rights for What Should We Have Done?, a documentary about one family’s approach to mental health that has proved a sleeper success at the local box office ...