pink films are indie movies from japan featuring nudity and often softcore porn. it encompasses everything from horror to drama to action movies, and are frequently experimental. i've seen political dramas, historic dramas, horror, women in prison, psychological thrillers, everything under the sun- as long as they feature the required amount of nudity, directors are allowed to do what they want. it's incredible to see how much creativity is put into such low budget movies. it's easy to reduce the genre to merely sleazy misogynistic torture porn, but it's so incredibly diverse and full of absolute masterpieces. pink films like female prisoner #701: scorpion and sex and fury have been incredibly influential, inspiring films like sion sono's love exposure, satoshi kon's perfect blue, and quentin tarantino's kill bill.
a movie about the leader of a biker gang who gets cold feet about raping schoolgirls because of his little sister or something. i don't know what i expected, but this one was utter trash. i genuinely don't think it had anything to say- i don't even think the rape was a metaphor for something or anything. nonsensical plot, flat characters, bizarre logic, i wouldn't recommend this one. i thought the character of nami was interesting, but she barely gets any dialogue at all. i know the sequels focus on her more, so here's hoping, but i wouldn't watch this first one again. the most tragic thing about it is just how uninteresting it is.
