Tokyo Emmanuelle
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| Directed by | Akira Katō |
| Produced by | Kei Ijichi |
| Written by | Kenshō Nakano |
| Starring | Kumi Taguchi |
| Music by | Eddie Han and the Oriental Express |
| Cinematography | Shinsaku Himeda |
| Edited by | Shinji Yamada |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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70 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tokyo Emmanuelle (東京エマニエル夫人 Tōkyō Emanieru fujin?) is a 1975 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Akira Katō and starring Kumi Taguchi.
After the director's message, "I visualize the romance of Roman Porn and I attempt to share that image," a loosely connected series of softcore sex scenes unfolds. The plot concerns Kyoko, a young Japanese woman married to a man in France. When he abandons her, she returns to Japan. With her sexual appetite now at a high pitch, she engages in sexual escapades with a wide assortment of people, including old friends, both male and female, and an entire soccer team.
Director Akira Katō was a competent, but not highly successful member of the Nikkatsu Roman Porno team. His Crazy for Love (1971) was part of Nikkatsu's second Roman Porno double-release, and he stayed with the studio throughout its 17-year production of the series. Tokyo Emmanuelle was Katō's first successful film. Later well-regarded films by the director include Slave Wife (1976) and Momoe's Lips: Love Beast (1980).
Tokyo Emmanuelle has some notoriety for one of the supporting actors in its cast. This was the first billed film appearance of Mitsuyasu Maeno. Maeno made international headlines in March 1976 when he died in a kamikaze attack on Yoshio Kodama, a multi-millionaire right-wing leader and leading figure in the Lockheed bribery scandals. In this film he made love to the lead actress while flying a plane. In the years after Maeno's death, his Roman Porno appearances attracted a cult following among enthusiasts of the genre.
Tokyo Emmanuelle made an appearance in Chilean writer, Antonio Skármeta's 2003 novel, The Dancer and the Thief. In the novel, lead character, Ángel meets his love interest in front of a Japanese movie theater. The poster advertising Tokyo Emmanuelle becomes a point of connection between the two.
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