Shohei Imamura’s “Unholy Desire”, “The Insect Woman”, and “The Pornographers” aren’t pinky they are realistic films that are generally hailed as classics of Japanese New Wave.
Seijun Suzuki’s “Branded to Kill” is more of a Yakuza film rather than pink.
Generally, films from Japanese New Wave are excluded except the works of Nagisa Oshima, whose films are actually very erotic and pinky.įor example, Akio Jissoji’s two masterpieces “Mujo” and “Mandala”, and Yoshishige Yoshida’s masterpiece “Eros Plus Massacre” are more philosophical and aesthetic films rather than erotic.
But it has excluded many such films consisting of erotic elements which aren’t very much pinky but usually fall into other genres. This list tried to include many classic pink films, which can be Nikkatsu Roman Porno, Toei Pinky Violence, or other Japanese erotic films. Pink films dominated the Japanese film market through 1960s to the 1980s. Japanese filmmakers have made some of the greatest films of the world in this genre. They aren’t only erotic but also highly artistic and aesthetic as well. However, they can’t be compared to those base and two-bit B-grade films from other countries, and that is the main element that specializes and distinguishes them from those sexploitation and erotic mainstream films from those other countries. Generally all types of feature films that include erotic elements are known as pink films. Pink film is one of the most important genres that Japan has given to world cinema.