Friday, April 19, 2013

Flower and Snake (1974, Masaru Konuma)

"Flower & Snake" was the Nikkatsu studio's cardinal foray into the lucrative 'Roman porno' series of the 'pinku' genre. It's also one of the finest examples of said genre in existence. Definitely in my top 5...

The storyline is insane and goes like this: a 30-year old virgin, who is tormented by the memory of murdering the black guy whom he walked in on fucking his mom (it looked consensual to me) as a little boy, is told that the boss of his corporate-type job wants to speak with him. He goes to visit the boss at his home, where the psycho perv seems to get his kicks molesting the maid in the garden by pouring caterpillars on her ass and giving her enemas (you cant make this shit up!). Apparently, the boss spotted some fetishy bondage photos in his employee's briefcase. Because of this discovery, the boss has a little proposition for his company man. Turns out the old fucker's wife is a frigid prick-tease whom he wants kidnapped and "trained" - via extreme torture methods - to make her into a total slut. The employee is more than willing to oblige and so is his kinky, overbearing mother until he starts showing their sexy captive more attention than he does to her, thus filling the bitch with resentment for a crazy sex slave/slave master romance that is blossoming - much to the boss' chagrin when the freak-o doesn't want to give her back...

Let it be known that "Flower & Snake" is not the most 'abrasive' annexation in the Roman porno category, though it doesn't need to be. This thing is fun as hell and completely off-the-wall with it's kooky mix of sexual sadism, soft-core scenes and a nice bit of humor also peppered in here and there. The great Naomi Tani stars as the continually bound and abused female prisoner (the kind of role she was born for and that Nikkatsu thankfully cashed in on). She's hogtied and suspended from ropes, gangbanged and even forced to shit enema liquid into a plastic bag!

Simply a CLASSIC when it comes to pinku brand. Anyone interested in this type of sleaze-cinema needs to check out "Flower & Snake" and also check out the 2004 remake that is simply AMAZING, though a completely different film, altogether.

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