A husband so horny he outsources the job to his son-in-law. 1970s Japan was wild.
A college professor wants to bring the joys of sex to his frigid wife. He convinces his son in law to sleep with her because the idea arouses him, while also making him insanely jealous. The professor keeps a journal of his fantasies in a locked cupboard and hopes that his wife will find the key and read it.
Direction
Kumashiro's trademark blend of social critique and softcore experimentation
Writing
Diary-as-weapon narrative structure that's genuinely clever
Director
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's 'Roman Porno' line, studio-mandated softcore that paradoxically became Japan's most artistically daring cinema of the 1970s.
Based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's 1956 novel 'Kagi,' which was considered unadaptable until Kumashiro cracked it by leaning into the theatricality.
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