Blue Film: Estimation (蒼いフィルム 品さだめ, Aoi firumu shinasadame) is a 1968 Japanese pink film directed by Kan Mukai. It is in the Part color-format which was common with Pink films in the late 1960s and early 1970s before Nikkatsu's entry into the genre with their Roman Porno films.

Blue Film: Estimation
Theatrical poster for Blue Film: Estimation (1968)
Directed byKan Mukai[1]
Written byAtsushi Yamatoya
Starring
  • Mari Nagisa
  • Kemi Ichiboshi[2]
  • >Norihiro Ōtani
CinematographyShirō Suzuki
Distributed by
  • Mukai Productions
  • Nihon Geijutsu Kyokai
  • Wakamatsu Productions
  • Kantō Movies
Release date
  • March 1968 (1968-03)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

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The film depicts the plight of a female office worker whose boss introduces her to the world of pornographic films.[3]

Cast

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  • Mari Nagisa as Maya (typist)[3][4]
  • Kemi Ichiboshi[2]
  • Norihiro Ōtani as Kunio
  • Mitsugu Fujii
  • Risa Minakami

Background

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Director Kan Mukai often capitalized on controversy to boost the publicity surrounding the release of his films. In the case of Blue Film: Estimation, the advertising campaign emphasizing the appearance of mainstream actress Mitsugu Fujii in this pink film created enough public notice to make the film a success.[3] Fujii would again work with Mukai in his Blue Film Woman (1969).[5]

Bibliography

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English

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  • Aoi firumu: Shinasadame (1968) at IMDb
  • "AOI FILM SHINASADAME". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  • Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 70. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

Japanese

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Notes

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  1. ^ 蒼いフィルム 品さだめ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  2. ^ a b From film poster
  3. ^ a b c Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 70. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  4. ^ Cowie, Peter, ed. (1977). "Japan". World Filmography 1967. London: Oak Tree Publications. p. 355. ISBN 0-498-01569-6.
  5. ^ ブルーフィルムの女 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-19.