Eros Schedule Book Concubine Secrets: Tattoo Contest

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Also Known As

• Irogoyomi ooku hiwa irezumi hyaku-nin kurabe

Main Details

• Released in 1972
• Colour
• 69 min
• 2.35:1
• Nikkatsu

Cast and Crew

• Directed by Yukihiko Kondo

• Assistant Director: Masao Asada

• Producer: Ryoji Ito

• Cinematography by Yonezo Maeda

• Edited by Hachiro Nabeshima

• Written by Keiji Kubota

• Starring: Setsuko Ogawa, Hidemi Hara, Miyoko Aoyama, Yoshie Kitsuda, Toshihiko Oda

Comments

Eros Schedule Book was one of Nikkatsu’s very first roman porno franchises and ran a total of 9 instalments (from 1971 to 1974). Tattoo Contest, directed by Yukihiko Kondo, was the third film in the series. I haven’t seen any the preceeding or succeeding parts and this movie offers little motivation to do so. It’s a very decent looking period film, but the catch is missing. The film lacks originality and feels breathless (not breastless, the cinematographer obviously loves female assets). The only sparks of hope come in form of some tattoo related scenes. Unfortunately the dealing of this subject, too, leaves a lot to be desired. Watch Teruo Ishii’s striking Toei film Inferno of Torture (which also deals with tattoos) for the fourth time instead. - HungFist