Yūgao Fujin, a.k.a. Flower of the Night, is a 1976 film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Katsuhiko Fujii and starring Naomi Tani.
Synopsis
Kizaki kidnaps Yuriko and engages in a rape and torture session with her, which he photographs. With the photos, he blackmails aristocratic flower arrangement teacher Yumeji, Yuriko's older sister. Rather than allow him to shame her clan by sending the photos to the media, Yumeji goes to Kizaki. Kizaki then proceeds to rape and torture Yumeji, who was his true desire all along. Yumeji escapes from Kizaki at the end of the film.
Cast
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Naomi Tani
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Erina Miyai
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Osamu Tsuruoka
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Tokuko Watanabe
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Shinsho Nakamaru
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Tamaki Katsura
Background
Director Katsuhiko Fujii had been a competent director at Nikkatsu, making lower-profile sequels in the
Apartment Wife and
Eros Schedule Book series until his talent for SM showed through in the
Naomi Tani project,
(1975).
[Weisser, p. 97.] In
Lady Moonflower he teamed up with Tani again, with a script by her long-time collaborator, SM-author
Oniroku Dan.
Kōyū Ohara would direct a more successful variation on the story of
Lady Moonflower, also scripted by Dan and starring Tani, in
Fairy in a Cage (1977), which is regarded as one of the best of Nikkatsu's forays into the SM-themed
pink film.
[Weisser, pp. 226, 136.]
Bibliography
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Japanese
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