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Noriko Tatsumi is a Japanese actress known primarily for her appearances in pink films of the 1960s. During the "First Wave" of pink film, Tatsumi became known as the first "Queen" of Japanese softcore sex movies, a title which she held from 1967 through 1970. She most often appeared in the films of the World Eiga and Nihon Cinema studios, and is best known for her work with director Kōji Seki, especially Whore (1967) and Erotic Culture Shock (1969). She also appeared in director and Seijun Suzuki script-writer, Atsushi Yamatoya's influential 1967 cult film, Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands.
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Absolutely Secret: Girl TortureakaTop Secrets of Women Torture and Top Secret of Torturing Women is a 1968 Japanese Pink film in the ero guro style directed by Kiyoshi Komori aka Haku Komori. The film features future Nikkatsu SM-queen Naomi Tani in a role during the first half of her career, working outside of the large studio system.
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Inflatable Sex Doll of the WastelandsakaDutch Wife of the WastelandandThe Dutch Wives of the Wild, originally released as Horror Doll, is a 1967 Japanese pink film written and directed by cult filmmaker Atsushi Yamatoya, starring the first "Queen" of pink film, Noriko Tatsumi, and with music by the noted jazz pianist, Yōsuke Yamashita.
Perverted Criminal, or Abnormal Criminal, is a 1967 Japanese pink film directed by Kōji Seki. It was the first 3-D film produced in Japan, and, according to Allmovie, the world's first 3-D sex film.
Bed Dance (ベッドダンス) is a 1967 Japanese pink film directed by Toshio Okuwaki for World Eiga. One of the director's most praised films, it features an early appearance by Naomi Tani.
Memoirs of Modern Love: Curious Age, also known as Contemporary Dictionary of Love: Age of Curiosity, is a 1967 Japanese pink film directed by Shin'ya Yamamoto and featuring Naomi Tani in one of her earliest starring roles.
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Cruel Map of Women's BodiesakaFemale Bodies in a Brutal Scenario 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.
Love HotelakaJitsuwa Repōto: Avec Ryojō (実話レポート アベック旅情)andA Rendezvous Hotel is a 1968 Japanese pink film directed by Shin'ya Yamamoto.
Million Film (ミリオンフィルム) was one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō Eiga, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade. Many of the most prominent directors and performers in the pink film genre worked for Million Film.
OP Eiga (オーピー映画), also known as Ōkura Eiga (大蔵映画) or Okura Pictures, is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. It was founded in 1961 by Mitsuru Ōkura, former president of film studio Shintōhō. Along with Shintōhō Eiga, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre. Among the many notable pink films released by the studio are Satoru Kobayashi's Flesh Market (1962), the first film in the pink film genre.
Rape ! 13-th Hour is a 1977 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe and with Yuri Yamashina. It has homosexual content.
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