Noboru Tanaka
Film director. Highly regarded for his work directing films in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series, beginning in the early 1970's.
Tenshi no harawata: Nami
While investigating stories of rape for a magazine article, a determined but callous reporter becomes perversely aroused as she meets the women who are suffering through the horror of their experiences. But will she suffer their fate if she goes too far?
Onna kyôshi
A female teacher is raped by a gang of students in her school. The repercussions of this lead to scandal, blackmail and murder.
Hakkinbon bijin ranbu yori: semeru!
A somewhat liberal adaptation of the life of painter Shuu Ito (Hatsuo Yamaya), the film focuses on his sexual torture of two wives and a prostitute (Junko Miyashita). Ito chronicles the sessions in journals, shares his pseudo-Sadean philosophy, and drives women mad with equal hell-bent intensity.
Edogawa Ranpo ryôki-kan: Yaneura no sanposha
The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
Jitsuroku Abe Sada
A true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.
(Maruhi) shikijô mesu ichiba
Roman Porno from 1974, focusing on the daily life of lower-class individuals in the slums of Osaka.
Onna kyôshi: Shiseikatsu
Naomi, a high school teacher, feels lonely living alone, so she secretly begins living with her student Keiji. It could be said that she is providing for Keiji as an outlet for her sexual desires rather than living together.
Mesuneko-tachi no yoru
Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female prostitutes, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore the darker sides of the business.