I promised Ralphus that I would work up a list of Nikkatsu Videos that I have seen, provide a brief plot description, and tell you my personal rating.
Note that almost all the older Nikkatsu stuff would be classified as "softcore", but, in my view, its still better than a lot of the lipstick lesbian stuff so prevalent in US S&M video.
Since the list will be kind of long, I will only list a few videos each day. I will tell you if I have seen it. If I have not seen it, then the plot description is taken directly from a catalog I obtained from Asian Cult Cinema. They no longer carry the Nikkatsu series as far as I know. The titles are direct translations from the Japanese. Here goes.
SECRETARY ROPE DISCIPLINE (Onna Hisho Nawa Chyokyo) 1981. Actress: Junko Mabuki. {A young secretary, charged with corporate snooping, is captured and taken to a private torture chamber in the company mansion. Written by S&M kingpin Oniroku Dan.}
I have seen this one and rate it very highly. Features one great suspended by wrists whipping scene early in the film. The rest is various bondage poses as the woman is forcibly tattooed.
FAIRY IN A CAGE (Ori Naka No Yosei) 1977. Actress Naomi Tani. A upper class noble lady (Tani) tortured by the Grand Inquisitor during WWII. Written by Oniroku Dan.
Another good one I have seen. Naomi Tani is tortured not because she is guilty, but because the Inquisitor wants to fuck her. She is hung be her ankles and tortured with boiling water, tortured on the "horse" and raped. I rate this one slightly below SECRETARY ROPE DISCIPLINE, but only slightly, because it lacks a whipping scene, my benchmark for greatness.
LADY MOONFLOWER: Actress Naomi Tani. This one is not subtitled so beats me what its about. It opens with a nice scene of a cute, underpants clad, Gap girl bound standing, arms overhead and legs chained apart. She is being molested by another woman. Something she says ticks off the molester and out comes the whip. The expression on the bound girls face when she first sights the whip is priceless. Rest of the movie features Naomi in various bondage scenes including one spreadeagle bed rape, and one inverted suspension where she is used as a flower vase. I will let you figure out how. I rate this one a B
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