Toei Video to show banned scenes on the internet

[Don Brown]

Toei Video, producers and distributors of Ishii Takashi's sexual torture 
opus "Hana to Hebi," are to make available footage cut from the film by 
censors via a pay-per-view website. 

The sixth film adaptation of the book by Dan Oniroku, "Hana to Hebi" stars 
Sugimoto Aya and features copious nudity, S&M, bondage and more. Japanese 
censorship organisation Eirin demanded that several small cuts be made to 
the film due to its many scenes containing full-frontal nudity and exposure 
of pubic hair, and subsequently gave the pared-down version an R18 rating. 

Claiming that the censorship detracts from Sugimoto's brave performance and 
Ishii's trademark long takes, Toei Video have taken the unprecedented step 
of releasing extra footage on a special website, including the scenes 
deemed unsuitable by Eirin.

"This is a first for the industry," said a spokesman for Toei Video. "We're 
very nervous to see how users will respond, and how the watchdogs who 
monitor indecent imagery on the internet will react." The first webcasts 
begin on March 1st, and new material will be added every month through to 
June.

"Hana to Hebi" opens in Japan on March 1st.

Source:
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200402/gt2004022702.html

Don Brown

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