Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland

Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland , Nureta koya o hashire? is a 1973 Japanese film in Nikkatsus Roman porno series, directed by Yukihiro Sawada and starring Yuri Yamashina and Takeo Chii.

Nikkatsu, still in the early stages of the difficulties associated with the trial over Love Hunter 1972, was reluctant to release a film about police brutality and corruption. The highprofile staff was able to convince the executives to greenlight the production, but made one compromise with the title. The addition of the word Wet made the film sound more like a typical Roman Porno sex film than one that dealt with serious social issues. The media controversy over the film, as well as a condemnation from a Minister of Internal Affairs only served as free publicity for the film, and it became an immediate boxoffice hit. The films influence went beyond the pink film genre. Many Japanese critics claim the film noirstyle antihero in Japanese cinemarepresented in films ranging from Kinji Fukasakus Graveyard of Honor 1975 to the films of Takeshi Kitanohad its origins in Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland.Director Yukihiro Sawada was known for his efforts in attempting to elevate Nikkatsus Roman Porno films above their pink film origins, such as in his previous Sex Hunter Wet Target 1972 and later Assault 1976. He was particularly known for bringing social issues to the pink film, such as violence, racial prejudice and police corruption. Later in his career he brought the thriller genre into his Roman Pornos. Screenwriter Kazuhiko Hasegawa went on to direct the acclaimed The Man who Stole the Sun 1979. ........

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