Ero-Nites
Kōya no Dacchi Waifu
Dir. Yamatoya Atsushi
Japan 1967, 85’
Subtitles: Polish & English
A wealthy real estate investor receives a film showing the rape and murder of his girlfriend. He hires a private detective, and shows him the film-- which he criticizes for its poor cinematography--- so that the detective can find the criminals and bring them to justice.
Yamatoya Atsushi
Born in 1937, Yamatoya Atsushi joined the major studio Nikkatsu in 1962 as an assistant director before leaving in 1966 to work with the groundbreaking ‘eroduction’ company founded by producer-director Wakamatsu Kōji. He made his debut with Season of Betrayal (Uragiri no kisetsu, 1966) and scripted a number of films for Wakamatsu Productions including Black Narcissus of Lust (Jōyoku no kurozuisen, 1967), The Notorious Concubines (Kin pei bai, 1968) and Violent Virgin (Shojo geba geba, 1969). As a director he made only four films. These include Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (Kōya no dacchi waifu, 1967) for Kokuei and Trapped in Lust (Aiyoku no wana, 1973), an independent production released by Nikkatsu as part of its erotic Roman Porno series. Both films deployed elements from Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin, 1967), the stylish hitman thriller he co-scripted with its director Suzuki Seijun. The film’s unorthodox approach led to Suzuki’s firing from Nikkatsu. Yamatoya collaborated on a number of Nikkatsu’s Roman Pornofilms, most significantly co-scripting Wet Sand of August (Hachigatsu no nureta suna, 1971), August: Scent of Eros (Hachigatsu wa erosu no nioi, 1972) and Sweet Smell of Eros (Erosu wa amaki kaori, 1973) with the films’ director Fujita Toshiya. He also wrote screenplays for a number of Suzuki’s post-Nikkatsu films, including Story of Sorrow and Sadness (Hisshű monogatari, 1977); Capone Cries a Lot (Kapone ōi ni naku, 1985) and the director’s sole work in the field of anime, Lupin the Third: The Golden Legend of Babylon (Rupan sansei: Babiron no ōgon densetsu, 1985). Yamatoya died of cancer of the oesophagus in 1993.
Filmography
1966 Uragiri no kisetsu
1968 Ke no haeta kenjū
1968 Okasu!
1973 Aiyoku no wana
Cast & Crew
Director: Yamatoya Atsushi
Screenplay: Yamatoya Atsushi
Cinematography: Kai Hajime
Editing: Sakurai Shōgo
Music: Yamashita Yosuke
Cast: Watari Miki, Minato Yūichi, Yamamoto Shōhei, Nogami Masayoshi, Tatsumi Noriko, Nagisa Mari, Maro Akaji, Ōkubo Taka, Yamatani Hatsuo
Producer: Yamato Teruo
Production: Yamatoya Production
Language: Japanese
Colouration: Black and white
