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Genshû Hanayagi

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Based on the shocking true story of a geisha and sex worker who accidentally killed her lover in a lustful haze of unbridled passion and kinky sex, A WOMAN CALLED SADA ABE is a watershed of hallucinatory erotic cinema. Director Noboru Tanaka, who rose to prominence as one of Nikkatsus leading Roman Porno auteurs, framed the tale as both a true document and an ode to decadence that lays bare the candid details of the infamous couples obsessive relationship. Exquisitely shot with striking period piece production design and expressive mise-en-scène, the films raw emotional power is further exemplified by the bold and inspired performance of pink film and Roman Porno super starlet, Junko Miyashita. Preceding Nagisa Oshimas renowned telling of the same sensationalized crime, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, by a year, A WOMAN CALLED SADA ABE is more intimate, more cinematically stylized and arguably more erotic (Midnight Eye).
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Genshû Hanayagi is known for The Naked Seven (1972), Beast in the Shadows (1977) and Tattooed Flower Vase (1976).
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    • Known for

    The Naked Seven (1972)
    The Naked Seven
    4.8
    • Yayoi's Mother
    • 1972
    Beast in the Shadows (1977)
    Beast in the Shadows
    6.7
    • Actress
    • 1977
    Tattooed Flower Vase (1976)
    Tattooed Flower Vase
    5.9
    • Fuyuko
    • 1976
    Island of Horrors (1970)
    Island of Horrors
    5.3
    • Ukifune
    • 1970

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Waiting Wet Woman (1987)
      Waiting Wet Woman
      6.6
      • Chôkichi's Woman
      • 1987
    • I Want to Be Raped
      • Nobuko
      • 1978
    • Beast in the Shadows (1977)
      Beast in the Shadows
      6.7
      • 1977
    • Dannoura Pillow War (1977)
      Dannoura Pillow War
      6.2
      • Niino tsubone
      • 1977
    • Tattooed Flower Vase (1976)
      Tattooed Flower Vase
      5.9
      • Fuyuko
      • 1976
    • Takuzô Kawatani and Kunie Tanaka in Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware (1976)
      Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware
      6.4
      • Chieko Yamoku
      • 1976
    • Shojo no irezumi
      • Narrator
      • 1976
    • Kawachi no ossan no uta (1976)
      Kawachi no ossan no uta
      6.6
      • 1976
    • Nasty Relationship
      • Saeko Ikezawa
      • 1976
    • A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975)
      A Woman Called Sada Abe
      6.1
      • Geisha
      • 1975
    • Secret Book: Sleeve and Sleeve
      4.1
      • Madame at Chidori
      • 1974
    • The Oldest Profession (1974)
      The Oldest Profession
      6.4
      • Yone Marunishi
      • 1974
    • Secret of Concubine Palace Addendum: Convent's Gate of Lust (1973)
      Secret of Concubine Palace Addendum: Convent's Gate of Lust
      • Juntoku
      • 1973
    • The Naked Seven (1972)
      The Naked Seven
      4.8
      • Yayoi's Mother
      • 1972
    • New Eros Schedule Book: An Offering of Fine Skin (1972)
      New Eros Schedule Book: An Offering of Fine Skin
      4.0
      • Takekawa
      • 1972

    Choreography

    • Dannoura Pillow War (1977)
      Dannoura Pillow War
      6.2
      • dance instructor
      • 1977

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