Saturday, March 31, 2012

Gangster Story


Earth-mother, Tamaki Yasuoka, under her alias Tomomi Nagamine, has a part in the new multi-actress DVD 寝バック素股は危険ヤデ 裏切りのスマタバスター3部作完結編 (WZA-06). At right a couple of lads share a Tamaki sandwich in the DVD, released by JAMS in Japan today.


Last night's film was Gangster Story (1959), directed by and starring Walter Matthau. It was apparently brought to public attention through a showing on Turner Classic Movies (one of the rare aspects of current U.S. TV which makes me consider getting cable. But then I remember the commercials, the crawls, the bugs, the voice-over ads, etc., and I come back to my senses. U.S. TV was never great, but after about 1985 it went straight to Hell.) According to TCM, Matthau directed this on a dare. Upon completion, he recognized that he had no talent for directing, and never helmed another. This film bears the distinction not only of being both the only film Matthau ever directed, it is also the only film in which he appeared in with his wife, Carol Grace. Though it has some pretty obvious draw-backs-- mostly related to the skimpy budget-- Matthau and Grace have (understandably) very good chemistry, and their odd love story is what makes this film bearable. The acting is not bad-- Matthau is his usual, likably cantankerous self-- and the story, if a bit preposterous (though the poster claims it is based on a true story), is entertaining enough. I'm not literate enough in film technique to say exactly why Matthau's direction is bad, but, yes, bad it is. The post-synced soundtrack doesn't do the film any favors as far as polish, but it does give a bit of a home-made charm to it-- Post-syncing is one of the things that gives Pink films their own odd charm. "Charm" in spite of technical deficiencies is something I got out of this film too. The film's editor was Radley Metzger later founder of Audubon Films (importer of the early Pink Film classic Madame O, and the Pinkly-advertised (though not actually Pink) The Warped Ones, 1960) and a respected director of erotica in his own right. Anyway, Matthau's effort here gets a Six out of Ten from me.

Friday, March 30, 2012

These Guns Don't Argue!

Boobpedia news flash!!! IZM announces the return of the spectactular Yui Igarashi (left)! Touting an awe-inspiring 146(Q)-79-124 figure, Yui's two previous appearances have also been with IZM: 146-centimeter Huge Melon Breasts (146cmのデカメロン乳 - 146 cm no dekameron chichi; ICD-141; January 2011) and Super-Boob Princess (超乳姫 - Chounyuu hime; ICD-157; July 2011). Below she is seen in her newest DVD release, Super Big Peach Tits 149cm! (超巨大桃乳149cm - Chôkyodai momo chichi 149 cm; ICD-179), which just came out on March 24.



I decided to doze of with a crime/noir selection, and picked Guns Don't Argue (1957). Someone at IMDb correctly calls it Hooverite revisionism. And that's exactly what it is, of course, no doubt about that. OK. Now, about the movie: It's an entertaining little crime flick with a rock-bottom budget, strung together from three episodes of the Gang Busters TV show. The featured criminals are Pretty Boy Floyd, Ma Barker & her brood, and Dillinger. The latter is played by Myron Healey best known (to me, anyway) for appearing in the U.S. additional footage to Varan the Unbelievable (1962). Entertaining, cheap historical fantasy. Five out of Ten.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Santo Contra las Grandes Tetas Japoneses

First full day back at blog work. Did some patch-up work on the Pink Film Archive(s). Fixed the problem entries at the newer half. Finished uploading new film/re-release/extra images. Started a few entries for older films for which I don't have posters but do have stills. Kôji Wakamatsu's Violated Angels (1967) was the most significant film in this batch.


During my break from serious Pink Film work, I did a little Boobpedia research, and made the pleasing discovery that my favorite, Tamaki Yasuoka has a new release out: Double-O Heaven / MAGURO-027 (ダブルオーヘブン! ボリューム満点!安岡たまきと超乳かおり夢の最強タッグ実現!) In the still above, our protagonist, a dapper gent of fine taste, ponders the abundant choices presented him. He seems to be favoring Ms. Yasuoka, on his right, which would be my choice as well. Tamaki's co-star, one "Kaori", has a magnificent build, but wears the mask you see in every still of the video I've yet seen. As much a fan I am of the Three B's (boobs, bellies & butts), they're nothing without a face. The Santo-like mask "Kaori" wears therefore nullifies her other rather obvious physical charms. Here's hoping she doffs the wrestling regalia later in her career!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Taking a Break


While Hana Uehara-- at right in もしLカップの上原花が愛人だったら 7つのムチムチ不倫 (Gas-242), to be released next month-- gives some lucky chap a nice rise-and-shine, I spend my own morning uploading the new re-release posters from Nakamura Eigeki. This will make a good stopping point for a break from Pink film poster work for a while while I wander off to do a few other things. I plan to be back to this blog in a week or so.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Obsessions: Hitchcock vs. Dekkappai


The evening's viewing pleasure consisted of re-viewing my choice for Hitchcock's best: Vertigo (1958). I only saw about half of it-- up to Stewart & Novak's first smooch, with the waves crashing in the background and Herrmann swelling up all over the place. Speaking of Herrmann, it was The Artist's borrowing of his score to Vertigo which inspired me to give the original another look.

Nothing against Ms. Novak or Hitchcock's tastes, but were yours truly to film Vertigo, the model of obsession would be a bit more like the voluptuous LUU. Of course given an actress of LUU's entrancing bulk, I supposed the famous scene of Jimmy Stewart carrying Kim Novak out of San Francisco Bay would have be be restaged in the Dekkappai version. He'd have to carry her piggy-back, on shaky legs. LUU is seen at left demonstrating a union of Hitch's fetish for the "cool blond" with Dekkappai's obsession with chubby Asian women.


After that, I put on Paul Leni's Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924), and watched it up to the end of Emil Janning's mugging, at the point where Conrad Veidt was about to pick up the ham.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Spent my free time today beginning the uploading of some of the Nakamura Eigeki posters to the Pink Film Archives. I've got about 60 posters to new films sorted and identified, an equal number of re-release posters to existing films, and a few better images than are presently posted, which will replace the old ones. I'll upload them and clean out the backlog, then get back to the project Nakamura Poster project. It's going require going through about 2,000 poster images-- most of them duplicates, of course, but I'm finding a surprising amount of new material also.


The evening's viewing pleasure featured Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947), an entertaining little comic-book noir featuring Boris Karloff as... guess who... The actor who plays Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) doesn't have much presence, and Karloff, of course, has presence and then some. Gruesome Meets Dick Tracy might be a more accurate title, as reflected in the order of the cast billing shown in the poster to the left.

Sunday, March 11, 2012


Went to see The Artist today. I had been slightly reluctant to see it, for some reason. I love silent film. But maybe it was because we enjoyed Hugo so much and were disappointed it had lost for Best Film & Best Director to this unknown upstart Artist. Anyway, we both absolutely loved it. I rarely agree with the Best Film selections (I couldn't even watch more than 15 minutes of Hurt Locker), but they got it right this time. It's a joyful celebration of film history (a point it shares with Hugo), a treat for film buffs, and just a plain fun, touching, wonderful movie. I look forward to seeing it again.

Everyone seems to assume the main character is based on Valentino, because of his name (George Valentin), but he looks a lot more like Douglas Fairbanks to me. It's put me in the mood to dig out some Fairbanks films from my collection and watch them again.

Spent most of my free time today identifying, labeling and categorizing Pink Film posters from the Nakamura Eigeki theater collection. Tough work, but fascinating and fun work for an old puzzle-solver/collector/list-maker such as myself.

Friday, March 9, 2012

A Princess of Mars

I went to see a film I've been anticipating for a year at least: John Carter. I was initiated into the cult of Edgar Rice Burroughs during my teens, and read the entire Mars, Tarzan, Caspak, Pellucidar series... Hell, I've probably read almost everything the old hack wrote. I wouldn't claim him to be a great author in the normal sense, of course, but he was probably one of the most naturally talented storytellers ever. He just churned them out for decades, like a Mozart of cliff-hangers. I always thought that if he'd ever stopped and thought and planned out a book before starting it, he'd have come up with a real masterpiece. But he wrote for entertainment, popularity, and for money, and in that he succeeds.
The film? Well, not the disaster it could have been, or that the critics are saying it is. Rather enjoyable in parts. A decent way to start a series, if that's what this will turn into, but with plenty of room for improvement in later installments. I rated it 7 (out of 10) at IMDb. Though the Dejah Thoris in the film was quite fine, and nothing against the Frazetta imagining above left, were I to cast this film, my choice for the Princess of Mars would run more to the unearthly stylings of the heavenly Ms. Hana Uehara, presented in costume for your viewing pleasure at the right.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Busy, Busty Business Women


If the sight of my secretary, Miss Asato, back in January, put you in the mood for more working women, you are in luck today. In this post we investigate women in business attire. The stunning LUU, on her way to the office arouses our attention on the left. Let's follow her up to the meeting room, shall we? No tailgaiting!




And here Karen Toudou, in her April 2011 DVD for JAMS, 奥様は巨女 爆尻ボッキ喰い!唾ぐちゅボイン!! (QDN-08), prepares to start the presentation for us, at right, seated on her desk.



We first pause to admire the abundant charms of Tamaki Yasuoka appearing under her alias, Tomomi Nagamine, in her own JAMS DVD, 凄い身体カフェ 肉棒埋没!容赦なき肉体のバリューセット (QDN-10; June 2011), at left.






Noa Serizawa, dressed to kill at right in the JAMS DVD, 凄い乳房!!妄想コスプレ勃起喰い女教師 (VOL-01; December 2009), is the next stop on our office tour.


And Ms. Serizawa continues our survey in a more conservative mode on the left in Mega Busty Expansion! Super Boobs Advertisement Plan (SND-35; May 2010).






And, finally, to round out this display, Karen Toudou returns at right to show that a business woman looks good either coming or going.














The evening's viewing enjoyment was taken up with another woman in costume, the Sherlock Holmes flick, The Woman in Green (1945), with the redoubtable team of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Besides the amusing bumbling of Doc Watson (apparently annoying to Holmes purists, but still enjoyable), and the typically fine acting of Rathbone, the story has some surprisingly gruesome aspects which add to the entertainment value. A Jack the Ripper type is going around London murdering young women and cutting off their fingers. Seven stars out of ten.