Chiho has prohibited her husband, Takahashi, from smoking while she is trying to become pregnant. Takahashi hasn’t told his wife he was laid off, and has a paid sexual encounter with a high-school student, attracted by the pungent odor of her cigarettes, Peace Regulars.
Acting
Fujiko's simmering frustration vs. Houka Kinoshita's pathetic desperation.
Writing
The cigarette as fetish, weapon, and marriage counselor.
Director
Tōru Kamei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japanese 'pink film' tradition, but Kamei pushes toward genuine marital psychodrama rather than pure exploitation.
The title's cigarette brand — Peace Regulars — becomes a bitter irony; there's no peace and nothing regular about this marriage.
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