Pink Films

The Japanese film genre, which emerged in the 1960s, is commonly described as a mixture of erotic and art film. Numerous productions are characterized by their artistic ambition and their treatment of socially critical themes. Classic genre characteristics are a contractually stipulated minimum quota of sex scenes, a running time of about one hour, the use of 16mm or 35mm film and a limited budget. Japanese censorship, which forbids the showing of genitals, for example, forced directors to find creative approaches to portrayal.
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  • Women Hell Song

    Women Hell Song

    1970

    1h.16min

    16+

    One of the few Pink Films produced by a woman, this movie combines Buddhist symbolism with the genres of adventure and samurai films.


  • Blue Film Woman

    Blue Film Woman

    1969

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    Visually colorful, gritty in content, Japanese erotic revenge film by the master of the pink film genre, Kan Mukai.


  • Abnormal Family

    Abnormal Family

    1984

    1h.2min

    18 FSK

    This erotic comedy is both a critique of the Japanese family image and a sexually playful homage to Japanese director Ozu Yasujirô.


  • Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    1967

    1h.26min

    16+

    This style-setting iconic film by Japan's pink film movement offers an experimental mix of genres about gender roles, violence, and obsession.


  • Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

    Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

    1971

    1h.13min

    16 FSK

    A mesmerizing poetic narrative about a group of teenagers navigating the confusing world of sexuality, desire, conformity and capitalism.


  • Branded to Kill

    Branded to Kill

    1967

    1h.31min

    16 FSK

    More stylish than James Bond, BRANDED TO KILL made more waves than the Nouvelle Vague.


  • Underwater Love - A Pink Musical

    Underwater Love - A Pink Musical

    2011

    1h.23min

    16 FSK

    Dubbed a "pink musical", the film unites musicals and "pinku eiga" (a soft-core porn genre of Japanese cinema) - in a story of unrequited love with water ...


  • Funeral Parade of Roses

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    1969

    1h.44min

    16 FSK

    The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in the Tokyo gay scene of the late 1960s.