So the pink film label OP PICTURES have booked out a cinema in Tokyo and are screening their latest works under the title OP PICTURES+FEST 2018. There is a lot to cover and not enough time. I had to split up last week’s trailer post into two because of the amount of content and I have raced through things here. The same bunch of directors and actors have worked on these titles and they will all be screened until mid-September. These aren’t my cup of tea.
Sorry if I don’t take the films that seriously.
Zetsurin shanikusai
絶倫謝肉祭 「Zetsurin shanikusai」
Running Time: 70 mins.
Release Date: August 25th, 2018
Director: Hirohisa Sasaki
Writer: Hirohisa Sasaki (Screenplay),
Starring: Tomoki Kimura, Shijimi, Mizuki Sakura, Kurea Hasumi, Hotaru Kosaka, Yuki Kimura,
Synopsis: A woman cohabiting with her sister and brother-in-law finds strange incidents happen in her life.
Kaidan noroi no akajuban
怪談 呪いの赤襦袢 「Kaidan noroi no akajuban」
Running Time: N/A
Release Date: August 26th, 2018
Director: Hirohisa Sasaki
Writer: Hirohisa Sasaki (Screenplay),
Starring: Mao Hamasaki, Shijimi, Noa Eikawa, Eri Kato, Moe Sakura, Hotaru Kodaka, Hiroshi Noda,
Synopsis: Saeko (Mao Hamasaki) lives with her husband but has lost her memory. She suffers strange visions and phenomena that are connected to a curse Shinichi’s grandfather started when he did something at the end of the war…
Koi no Buta
恋の豚 「Koi no Buta」
Running Time: N/A
Release Date: August 25th, 2018
Director: Hideo Jojo
Writer: Hideo Jojo, Ai Suzuki (Screenplay),
Starring: Tomok0 Namiki, Yuri Hana, Umi Mitoma, Fumio Moriya, Kakumaru Yoshida, Sosuke Yamamoto, Keichan,
Synopsis: A large lady who like food finds love with a guy.
Reunion Beach
再会の浜辺 「Saikai no Hamabe」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 26th, 2018
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Writer: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Ayane Suzukawa, Hotaru, Minako Kirishima, Yota Kawase, Yasushi Takemoto,
Synopsis: A former police officer named Yoshii (Yota Kawase) works to remove landmines on an island near Okinawa. He runs into a woman named Mikayo (Ayane Suzukawa) who is connected to him from due to a past incident.
Moon Road Serenade
ムーンロードセレナーデ 「Mu-n ro-do Serena-de」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 26th, 2018
Director: Tetsuya Takehora
Writer: Kosuke Komatsu (Screenplay),
Starring: Ayaka Tomoda, Tsubaki Kato, Shoko Kudo, Kenji Iwaya, Hirokio Ando,
Synopsis: Moon Road is a popular shopping street in Nakano distrit of Tokyo. The locals are warm people but they are about to be thrown out into the cold when a redevelopment plan threatens to change the entire area, including chopping down iconic cherry trees. The locals band together to stop it.
Magical Michiko
マジカル・ミチコ 「Majikaru Michiko」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 25th, 2018
Director: Junichi Yamamoto
Writer: Junichi Yamamoto, Koichi Ohata (Screenplay),
Starring: Nobuyuki Abe, Nozomi Azu, Rino, Rie Kawasaki, Rui Airi, Shinji Sonoda, Tadashi Mizuno,
Synopsis: A manga artist who looks like Osamu Tezuka has created a sexy devil girl manga character who he wishes it was real and then, what do you know, the devil girl pops out. She also turns him into a woman. Lesbian antics ensue.
Shimbashi Detective Story
新橋探偵物語 「Shimbashi Tantei Monogatari」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 27th, 2018
Director: Shoichi Yokoyama
Writer: Yuta Okuyama (Screenplay),
Starring: Miki Sunohara, Ayumi Kimito, Kohei Nagano, Yoshiki Kodo, Saryu Usui,
Synopsis: A “youth love comedy” about a famous sex detective who operates in Tokyo. The case being investigated is the abduction of an AV star from a pink film set. It looks like there’s a mysterious organisation at work…
Tsunaidate wo hanashite
つないだ手をはなして 「Tsunaidate wo hanashite」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 27th, 2018
Director: Tetsuya Takehora
Writer: Hiroko Fukuzawa (Screenplay),
Starring: Nanami Kawakami, Makoto Takeuchi, Saki Mizumi, Yoshio Hosokawa, Hirokio Ando, Takahiro Okada,
Synopsis: A “youth love story” about a woman who falls in love with a guy but he gives her the cold shoulder and moves to the country. She pursues him. We have to indulge male vanity and pretend this is entertaining.
Ya-ninjyu no shima
ヤーニンジュの島 「Ya-ninjyu no shima」
Running Time: 70 mins.
Release Date: August 27th, 2018
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Writer: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Ayane Suzukawa, Hotaru, Sajura Kirishima, Ryoko Iori, Yota Kawase,
Synopsis: Life on an island seems blissful for a couple and their daughter but appearances can be deceiving and an incident unleashes the inner darkness of characters.
Akai fuusen
赤いふうせん 「Akai fuusen」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 28th, 2018
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Writer: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Sakura Kizuna, Ayane Suzukawa, Ayaka Tomoda, Yasushi Takemoto, Takuya Sakurai,
Synopsis: There is a rumour of a spirit hanging around women who are going to commit suicide. Somehow, this is tied into a pink film.
Mikayo no Kureyon
ミカヨのクレヨン 「Mikayo no Kureyon」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 28th, 2018
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Writer: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Ayane Suzukawa, Natsuko Koyama, Hotaru, Atsushi Tsuda, Yota Kawase,
Synopsis: A young woman named Mikayo was kidnapped at the age of 6 and hasn’t grown up. She retreats into the world she makes in her colouring books where heroes and monsters emerge. This is beyond awful as a concept.
Itsuka no natsu
いつかのナツ 「Itsuka no natsu」
Running Time: 90 mins.
Release Date: August 28th, 2018
Director: Tetsuya Takehora
Writer: Hiroko Fukuzawa (Screenplay),
Starring: Maria Wakatsuki, Maina Yuri, Yumi Ishikawa, Takuya Sakurai, Sosuke Yamamoto, Atsushi Tsuda,
Synopsis: A college student named Natsu finds her social circle is shaken up by the death of her friend Noa’s boyfriend.
Himawari Days
ひまわりDays 「Himawari Days」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 29th, 2018
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Writer: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Ayane Suzukawa, Ai Tsukimoto, Natsuko Koyama, Ayumu Kuroki, Takuya Sakurai, Yota Kawase,
Synopsis: The story revolves around the lives of people who frequent the snack bar, Himawari, including a woman who works there who was raised in an orphanage, an important detail because characterisation.
Aishi no dekotora tenshi
愛しのデコトラ天使 「Aishi no dekotora tenshi」
Running Time: 82 mins.
Release Date: August 31st, 2018
Director: Toshiyuki Kakihara
Writer: Ryuta Kawasaki, Yu Todo, Yosuke Kimura (Screenplay),
Starring: Moe Amatsuka, Chinami Sakura, Urana Endo, Takuya Nanba, Hideo Sato,
Synopsis: A story about a lady who drives dekotora trucks by day and works as a hostess at night. Can we all thank this film for bringing dekotora trucks back into cinemas.
WE ARE ALMOST THERE, JUST TWO MORE FILMS TO GO!
Yawarakai ori
しあわせ配達人・ユリ子 「Yawarakai ori」
Running Time: 85 mins.
Release Date: August 30th, 2018
Director: Tetsuya Takehora
Writer: TohoVocal (Screenplay),
Starring: Yui Tatsumi, Hana Aoyama, Ayumi Kuroki, Taishi Takemoto, Seshio, Toshihiro Yoshida, Sosuke Yamamoto,
Synopsis: Four men and four women gather together to settle some family business but betrayals happen and the traitor finds themselves being hunted.
Happy Delivery Person Yuriko
しあわせ配達人・ユリ子 「Shiawase haitatsunin Yuriko」
Running Time: 84 mins.
Release Date: August 27th, 2018
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Writer: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Kotomi Asakura, Ayane Suzukawa, Kyoko Maki, Misa Wada, Sakura Kizuna, Yota Kawase,
Synopsis: Society is tough so a Non-profit organisation hires out women to help people (read: men) through their awful times. Sex ensues. Other things as well but the audience is only here for one thing.
There’s one film to be screened next week so we’re not quite out of the woods yet.