Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin

Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin

Theatrical poster for Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin (1975)
Directed by Katsuhiko Fujii[1]
Produced by Hiromi Higuchi
Written by Oniroku Dan (story)
Keiji Kubota (screenplay)
Starring Naomi Tani
Terumi Azuma
Music by Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography Shōhei Andō
Edited by Toyoharu Nishimura
Distributed by Nikkatsu
Release dates
 June 18, 1975
Running time
 76 min.
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin (お柳情炎　縛り肌 Oryū jōen: shibari hada) is a 1975 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Katsuhiko Fujii and starring Naomi Tani and Terumi Azuma.

Synopsis

When the boss of a yakuza clan in 1920s Osaka is assassinated, Oryu, his mistress, vows revenge. Her search for the killer takes her out of the city. The old boss' son proves a poor leader, only interested in Omitsu, his high-class girlfriend. Yajima, the second-in-command, is taking advantage of the situation to accumulate power for himself. Oryu is called back to help stabilize the situation. Yajima kidnaps both Oryu and Omitsu, and subjects them to torture and various forms of sexual humiliations. During the S&M sessions, Oryu learns that Yajima was the killer of the old boss.[2]

Cast

Critical appraisal

Director Katsuhiko Fujii had previously worked with the duo of Naomi Tani and Terumi Azuma in the successful Cruelty: Black Rose Torture (also 1975).[4] In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers compare Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin to this previous film, writing, that Cruelty: Black Rose Torture "looks like poetry compared to this hodgepodge of impossible coincidences and ridiculous plot tangents."[2] Among the film's many weak points, they particularly complain about the story's poorly realized characters. They judge that Naomi Tani, however, manages to overcome the weak material, writing, "Ms Tani's larger-than-life screen presence is the only reason to watch."[2] Fujii would regain the knack he had demonstrated for the S&M genre in Cruelty: Black Rose Torture, and go on to be regarded as one of Nikkatsu's top S&M directors.[4]

Availability

Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin was released theatrically in Japan on June 18, 1975.[1] It was released on home video in VHS format on August 16, 1983 and re-released on May 1, 1992 and again on April 18, 1994.[5][6][7]

Bibliography

English

Japanese

Notes

  1. 1 2 "お柳情炎　縛り肌". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-09-16. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 304–305. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  3. ↑ ja -お柳情炎　縛り肌(邦画) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. 1 2 Weisser, p. 96.
  5. ↑ "お柳情炎縛り肌 (VHS)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  6. ↑ "お柳情炎縛り肌 (VHS)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  7. ↑ "~お柳情炎~縛り肌 (VHS)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
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