Rope and Breasts
Encyclopedia
is a 1983
Japan
ese film in Nikkatsu
's Roman porno series, directed by Masaru Konuma
and starring Nami Matsukawa.
show with her husband, where she plays the bottom, and gets increasingly bored with her life. During their tour in Kyoto
, they are arranged by a well-off couple who ask for a private show, without knowing that they will eventually be forced for the "real thing".
, Junko Mabuki, and Izumi Shima
. Nikkatsu promoted Matsukawa as the "New Wave SM Queen." Her girl-next door quality made her popular with audiences, but SM-author Oniroku Dan
complained that, unlike the buxom Naomi Tani, Matsukawa was not fleshy enough to be an appealing bondage subject in his films. Rope and Breasts was Matsukawa's farewell appearance as and she was replaced by Miki Takakura after a brief "reign".
with Afternoon Affair: Kyoto Holy Tapestry (1973)-- to the level of exploitation. In this film, they judge, nudity, bondage, and torture have taken place of a story. Rather than the interesting plotting found in some of Konuma's previous works, the film is a series of set-pieces. "The most salacious finds beautiful Nami Matsukawa floating in a large goldfish bowl as she empties her bowels for the leering crowd of old geezers."
As Jasper Sharp describes this scene, Matsukawa is given an enema, and then forced into the fishbowl. "She quivers for several moments as she is forced to hold it in, before violently releasing the viscous fluid into the waters, as the spectators stare on mesmerised in a mixture of curiosity and awe, like kids at a birthday party watching a clown conjuring up balloon animals." Sharp uses this scene to illustrate the nature of the softcore genre in Japan. Because of the censorship, we cannot be sure into which orifice the enema is inserted. "Though perverse," he writes, "this scene is not particularly explicit."
1983 in film
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Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese film in Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
's Roman porno series, directed by Masaru Konuma
Masaru Konuma
is a Japanese director most famous for his Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu during the 1970s.-Early life:Masaru Konuma was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, on December 30, 1937. Konuma retains no memories of his father who was a teacher...
and starring Nami Matsukawa.
Synopsis
Sayo is running a travelling BDSMBDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
show with her husband, where she plays the bottom, and gets increasingly bored with her life. During their tour in Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
, they are arranged by a well-off couple who ask for a private show, without knowing that they will eventually be forced for the "real thing".
Cast
- Nami Matsukawa: Sayo Mayuzumi
- Ryōsei Tayama: Isao, Sayo's husband
- Kazuyuki Senba: Kenzo Kawamura
- Izumi ShimaIzumi Shimais a Japanese actress known especially for her roles in Nikkatsu Roman Porno series of films.-Life and career:Shima was born Keiko Ishida in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan on December 3, 1953. She made her debut with the Nikkatsu studio in the August 1977 Roman Porno film Lady Chatterley In...
: Taeko, Kawamura's wife - Akira Takahashi: Strip club owner
- Izumi Sagawa: Girl at Kiyomizu-deraKiyomizu-dera, officially is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage site...
- Yōichi Takabayashi: Man in kimono (with the girl)
- Saburō Shōji: Kawamura's contact
Background
Nami Matsukawa was Nikkatsu's fourth S&M queen following Naomi TaniNaomi Tani
is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films with an S&M theme during the 1970s.-Early career:Born October 20, 1948, in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka, Naomi Tani moved to Tokyo at the age of 18. After arrival in Tokyo, she was featured in a photo layout...
, Junko Mabuki, and Izumi Shima
Izumi Shima
is a Japanese actress known especially for her roles in Nikkatsu Roman Porno series of films.-Life and career:Shima was born Keiko Ishida in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan on December 3, 1953. She made her debut with the Nikkatsu studio in the August 1977 Roman Porno film Lady Chatterley In...
. Nikkatsu promoted Matsukawa as the "New Wave SM Queen." Her girl-next door quality made her popular with audiences, but SM-author Oniroku Dan
Oniroku Dan
was a Japanese author who had been called, "the most celebrated writer of popular SM novels in Japan." Many of his stories have been filmed, most notably by Nikkatsu studio in their Roman Porno series. Dan had a close professional association with actress Naomi Tani throughout her career...
complained that, unlike the buxom Naomi Tani, Matsukawa was not fleshy enough to be an appealing bondage subject in his films. Rope and Breasts was Matsukawa's farewell appearance as and she was replaced by Miki Takakura after a brief "reign".
Critical appraisal
In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers write that with Rope and Breasts, director Konuma has taken the S&M theme-- which he pioneered in Nikkatsu'swith Afternoon Affair: Kyoto Holy Tapestry (1973)-- to the level of exploitation. In this film, they judge, nudity, bondage, and torture have taken place of a story. Rather than the interesting plotting found in some of Konuma's previous works, the film is a series of set-pieces. "The most salacious finds beautiful Nami Matsukawa floating in a large goldfish bowl as she empties her bowels for the leering crowd of old geezers."
As Jasper Sharp describes this scene, Matsukawa is given an enema, and then forced into the fishbowl. "She quivers for several moments as she is forced to hold it in, before violently releasing the viscous fluid into the waters, as the spectators stare on mesmerised in a mixture of curiosity and awe, like kids at a birthday party watching a clown conjuring up balloon animals." Sharp uses this scene to illustrate the nature of the softcore genre in Japan. Because of the censorship, we cannot be sure into which orifice the enema is inserted. "Though perverse," he writes, "this scene is not particularly explicit."