Ukiyoe Cruel Story (浮世絵残酷物語, Ukiyoe Zankoku Monogatari) is a 1968 Japanese pink film directed by the "Father of Pink", Tetsuji Takechi, and starring the current "Queen" of Pink, Noriko Tatsumi. Made after Takechi had won an obscenity trial over Black Snow (1965), the film has been called "Takechi's personal message to Eirin." Though still containing significant erotic content, this is one of Takechi's few films to pass the censor relatively un-edited, perhaps because Eirin feared losing another embarrassing public confrontation with the outspoken director.[2] In October 2006 Ukiyo-e Cruel Story was shown as part of a Takechi retrospective, and it was released on DVD in Japan on January 25, 2008.[3][4]

Ukiyoe Cruel Story
Poster of Ukiyoe Cruel Story (1968)
Directed byTetsuji Takechi[1]
Written byDosuke Haguro
Starring
CinematographySeishiro Fukami
Music bySukehisa Shiba
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 7, 1968 (1968-09-07)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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  1. ^ Infobox data from "UKIYOE ZANKOKU MONOGATARI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  2. ^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 445. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  3. ^ 晩秋イメージフォーラムにて大特集「武智鉄二全集」 (in Japanese). www.cinematopics.com. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  4. ^ 浮世絵残酷物語 (in Japanese). www.cinematopics.com. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

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