Pinku Eiga

[Aaron Gerow]

>And now for another question.  What exactly is the difference between Pinku
>eiga and Nikku Roman Porno? Is it merely a difference in explicitness or is
>there something more?  Are there any good books on the subject?

There are several ways of looking at this, but strictly speaking, "pinku 
eiga" has become the generic term for adult films (though the term 
originated around 1963 long after Eirin created its "adult film" 
designation, but just at the time when pink film production boomed), 
while Nikkatsu Roman Poruno is a brand name for a production series put 
out by the Nikkatsu studio starting in 1971.  Roman Poruno can be 
considered a sub-genre of pink cinema, though I always remind people to 
make clear distinctions between Nikkatsu's production and those of other 
producers before and after it.  Nothing not produced by Nikkatsu should 
properly be called Roman Poruno.

The best book on Nikkatsu RP is _Kanno no puroguramu pikuchua_ edited by 
Yamane Sadao (Firumu Atosha, 1983).  For older pink films, there's Suzuki 
Yoshiaki's _Pinku eiga suikoden_ (Puraza Kikaku, 1983), and for more 
recent stuff, Fukuma Kenji's _Pinku nuveru vagu_ (Waizu Shuppan, 1996).

Aaron Gerow
YNU