Roman Porno Reboot
In 2016, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of their wildly successful Roman Porno line of films, Japanese production studio Nikkatsu had five noted directors revisit the concept with five new features. These films, collectively known as the Roman Porno Reboot series, are now available to stream together on Film Movement Plus.
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Antiporno
Kyoko, a young artist with a sadomasochistic streak, wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters, but her absolute worst behavior is reserved for her simpering older assistant Noriko, whom she routinely humiliates in increasingly kinky ways. That is, until their sense of reality gets upended in ...
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Aroused by Gymnopedies
Shinji, a middle-aged film director, is trapped in a seemingly hopeless cycle of creative crisis and self-destruction. After his failure making art films, he now finds himself shooting low-budget pornography as a means to get by. Over the span of one week, he embarks on a series of sexual encount...
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Dawn of the Felines
Three sex workers navigate the neon-soaked street of Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Each night brings new encounters – eccentric clients, dangerous fetishes, and the looming threat of police crackdowns – while each dawn finds them wrestling with loneliness, survival and the search for meaning in a city that r...
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White Lily
Celebrated ceramic artist Tokiko (Kaori Yamaguchi) takes Haruka (Rin Asuka), a troubled teenage runaway, into her home where she becomes her apprentice. When Tokiko’s husband dies, Haruka promises to remain by her side, and the two begin a romantic, but volatile relationship. Overcome by sorrow a...
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Wet Woman in the Wind
A tornado of unbridled sexual desire is unleashed when a free spirited seductress sets her sights on a reclusive playwright. Wet Woman in the Wind highlights the id in its stream of consciousness tale. Having a character who overturns the inhibitions of all that cross her path with wild abandon a...