Ecstasy of the Black Rose (a.k.a. Black Rose Ascension)

Ecstasy of the Black Rose (a.k.a. Black Rose Ascension)
Ecstasy of the Black Rose © 1975 Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Saturday, May 27, 22:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum
    (Tickets only available at the Deutsches Filmmuseum)
  • 黒薔薇昇天
    Kurobara shoten
  • Japan 1975, 35mm, 72 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director & script: Tatsumi KUMASHIRO based on a novel by Giichi FUJIMOTO
  • Script: Akio IDO
  • Camera: Shinsaku HIMEDA
  • Cast: Naomi TANI, Shin KISHIDA, Meika SERI, Hajime TANIMOTO, Akira TAKAHASHI
  • Production & world sales: Nikkatsu
  • Film copy: Japan Foundation
  • With an introduction by Akihiko SHIOTA

After his leading actress becomes pregnant and quits his sex film, Juzo becomes obsessed with finding a woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead. This porn movie about making porn movies casts an ironic glance upon the industry, where audio tracks may include the cries of suffering medical patients or panting animals at the zoo.

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