Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.
Acting
Mariko Kaga's stare could freeze sake.
Direction
Nakahira makes exploitation feel like character study.
Director
Kō Nakahira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as Tokyo Olympics, this was Nikkatsu Studio's attempt to capture 'modern' Japan—and got slapped with an adult rating for its trouble.
Mariko Kaga was 19 and this was her debut; she became the face of Japanese New Wave rebellion before the industry chewed her up.
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