Innocent female doctor Mineko was seduced by Sachiko, an aggressive lesbian, in her younger days. Mineko begins dating a male coworker, and accepts an invitation to a party at the home of a transvestite patient. Sachiko comes out of Mineko's past, enraged with jealousy, and begins tormenting Mineko and her boyfriend.[2][3]
In his Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema, Jasper Sharp uses Female Cats as an example of the range of themes possible in the Roman Porno genre, calling it an Argento-esque thriller.[3] In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers compliment Yamashiro's direction as the best thing about the film. They write that he, "goes the extra mile to compose many astonishingly good-looking sequences, punctuated by some creatively stylish camerawork."[2] A lesbian shower sequence between Mineko and Sachiko is singled out for praise. The scene is shot from the shower faucet's point of view, through a spray of water.[2] However they fault the film's unimaginative script and its "lurid plot".[2]
Availabilityedit
Female Cats was released theatrically in Japan on December 23, 1983.[7] It was released to home video in VHS format in Japan on March 16, 1984, and re-issued on June 22, 1990. It was released as part of the Nikkatsu Roman Porno Series of VHS releases on December 6, 1991.[8][9][10] It was released on DVD in Japan on December 4, 1998, and re-released on DVD on June 23, 2006, as part of Geneon's fourth wave of Nikkatsu Roman porno series.[11][12] In this format it was issued in the 4-disc Roman Porno series DVD Box, Vol. 1 on March 7, 2008.[13] It is currently scheduled to be released in the USA on DVD May 7, 2013, under the title 'She Cat'.
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Female Cats 女猫 Meneko is a 1983 Japanese film in Nikkatsu s Roman porno series directed by Shingo Yamashiro and starring Ai Saotome Female CatsTheatrical poster for Female Cats 1983 Directed byShingo Yamashiro 1 Written byMakoto NaitōKochiho KatsuraProduced byYutaka OkadaKimio ShindōStarringAi SaotomeCinematographyYonezō MaedaEdited byAkira SuzukiMusic byTarō MorimotoDistributed byNikkatsuRelease dateDecember 23 1983Running time86 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Critical appraisal 4 Availability 5 Bibliography 5 1 English 5 2 Japanese 6 NotesSynopsis editInnocent female doctor Mineko was seduced by Sachiko an aggressive lesbian in her younger days Mineko begins dating a male coworker and accepts an invitation to a party at the home of a transvestite patient Sachiko comes out of Mineko s past enraged with jealousy and begins tormenting Mineko and her boyfriend 2 3 Cast editAi Saotome Mineko Kagami 4 Sachiko Itō Kotoe Hiratsuka Koichi Iwaki Shari Hiroshi Nawa Tarō Iruka Kōji Minakami Mamoru Iruka Akiyoshi Fukae Takehiko Ōbayashi Yoshishige Ōtsuka Eiko Kanzaki Yoshishige Ōtsuka Akiko Kanzaki 美露 Tommy Mitsu Senda Jōji Kotomi Aoki Akane Minakawa Mariko Nishina Hiromi Keiichi Satō Mikami Ryuji Katagiri Abe Madoka Sawa Julie Akira Takahashi Keiji Hiromichi Nakahara Movie starCritical appraisal editFemale Cats director Shingo Yamashiro was best known as an actor having debuted in 1957 5 He appeared in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series and one of his better known appearance for Western audiences is in Kiyoshi Kurosawa s Sweet Home 1989 5 6 In his Behind the Pink Curtain The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema Jasper Sharp uses Female Cats as an example of the range of themes possible in the Roman Porno genre calling it an Argento esque thriller 3 In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia The Sex Films the Weissers compliment Yamashiro s direction as the best thing about the film They write that he goes the extra mile to compose many astonishingly good looking sequences punctuated by some creatively stylish camerawork 2 A lesbian shower sequence between Mineko and Sachiko is singled out for praise The scene is shot from the shower faucet s point of view through a spray of water 2 However they fault the film s unimaginative script and its lurid plot 2 Availability editFemale Cats was released theatrically in Japan on December 23 1983 7 It was released to home video in VHS format in Japan on March 16 1984 and re issued on June 22 1990 It was released as part of the Nikkatsu Roman Porno Series of VHS releases on December 6 1991 8 9 10 It was released on DVD in Japan on December 4 1998 and re released on DVD on June 23 2006 as part of Geneon s fourth wave of Nikkatsu Roman porno series 11 12 In this format it was issued in the 4 disc Roman Porno series DVD Box Vol 1 on March 7 2008 13 It is currently scheduled to be released in the USA on DVD May 7 2013 under the title She Cat Bibliography editEnglish edit MENEKO Complete Index to World Film Retrieved 2009 09 17 Mesu neko 1983 at IMDb Sharp Jasper 2008 Behind the Pink Curtain The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema Guildford FAB Press pp 127 367 ISBN 978 1 903254 54 7 Weisser Thomas Yuko Mihara Weisser 1998 Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia The Sex Films Miami Vital Books Asian Cult Cinema Publications ISBN 1 889288 52 7 Japanese edit 女猫 1983 in Japanese allcinema net Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 in Japanese Japanese Cinema Database Agency for Cultural Affairs Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 in Japanese Japanese Movie Database Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 1983 邦画 in Japanese Kinema Junpo Archived from the original on 2011 10 07 Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 in Japanese www nikkatsu romanporno com Archived from the original on 2009 02 03 Retrieved 2009 09 17 Notes edit 女猫 1983 in Japanese allcinema net Retrieved 2009 09 17 a b c d Weisser p 140 a b Sharp Jasper 2008 Behind the Pink Curtain The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema Guildford FAB Press p 127 ISBN 978 1 903254 54 7 女猫 1983 邦画 in Japanese Kinema Junpo Archived from the original on 2011 10 07 Retrieved 2009 09 17 a b Film TV actor Yamashiro dies at 70 Kyodo News Japan Times 2009 08 15 Retrieved 2009 09 17 Weisser p 180 女猫 Japanese Cinema Database Agency for Cultural Affairs Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 VHS in Japanese Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 VHS in Japanese Retrieved 2009 09 17 女猫 早乙女愛 日活名作映画館ロマンシリーズ VHS in Japanese ASIN 4890650814 女猫 DVD in Japanese Retrieved 2009 09 17 ジェネオン エンタテインメントよりＤＶＤリリース in Japanese P G Web Site Archived from the original on May 1 2009 Retrieved 2009 09 17 日活名作ロマンシリーズDVD BOX 女優選集 Vol 1 in Japanese Retrieved 2009 09 17 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Female Cats amp oldid 1111638276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
