Maruhi: Shikijo Mesu Ichiba (1974)
Noboru Tanaka returned to direct the third of Nikkatsu's pinku eiga melodramas examining prostitution in various Japanese cities. This one focuses on modern-day Osaka, and although it is still a softcore film, is the most outrageous of the lot. The casting is almost demented, with classical ballerina and staunch feminist Genshu Hanayagi smoking a cigarette with her privates, poet Sakumi Hagiwara blowing up some gangsters by suicidally detonating a gas-filled love doll, and similarly peculiar appearances from notorious druggie Meika Seri and genre icon Junko Miyashita. Highly recommended for pinku eiga aficionados, this one must be seen to be believed. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Starring:
- Junko Miyashita
- Director(s):
- Noboru Tanaka
Synopsis of Maruhi: Shikijo Mesu Ichiba
Noboru Tanaka returned to direct the third of Nikkatsu's pinku eiga melodramas examining prostitution in various Japanese cities. This one focuses on modern-day Osaka, and although it is still a softcore film, is the most outrageous of the lot. The casting is almost demented, with classical ballerina and staunch feminist Genshu Hanayagi smoking a cigarette with her privates, poet Sakumi Hagiwara blowing up some gangsters by suicidally detonating a gas-filled love doll, and similarly peculiar appearances from notorious druggie Meika Seri and genre icon Junko Miyashita. Highly recommended for pinku eiga aficionados, this one must be seen to be believed. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
Complete Cast of Maruhi: Shikijo Mesu Ichiba
- Junko Miyashita - Fumie Hirabayashi
- Sakumi Hagiwara - Atsushi Saito
- Meika Seri - Tome Marunishi
- Genshu Hanayagi
- Director(s):
- Noboru Tanaka
- Writer(s):
- Akio Ido
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