Daydream (実録阿部定, Hakujitsumu^?) (1981) is a Japanese film. A remake by director Tetsuji Takechi of his ground-breaking 1964 Pink film of the same title, this film is considered the first hardcore theatrical release in Japan. Tetsuji Takechi (武智鉄二 - Takechi Tetsuji) (December 10, 1912 - July 26, 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director. ... Kyoko Aizome (愛染恭子; Aizome Kyōko) is a Japanese erotic actress. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Tetsuji Takechi (武智鉄二 - Takechi Tetsuji) (December 10, 1912 - July 26, 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... Pink film ) is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic films. ...

Background

Maverick theater and film director Tetsuji Takechi had directed Japan's first big-budget Pink film in 1964 with Daydream. He directed more films in the 1960s, including Black Snow 1965, which resulted in a high-profile obscenity trial.^[1] During the 1970s he concentrated on writing projects, and served as the host of a successful television series, The Tetsuji Takechi Hour for the previous decade.^[2] In 1981, the then 68-year old Takechi decided to return to film with a hardcore remake of Daydream. Takechi again chose Akira Takeda, Nagisa Oshima's cinematographer between 1965 and 1968, to shoot his film,^[3] Daydream ) is a 1964 Japanese Pink film. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚 Ōshima Nagisa, born March 31, 1932) is a famous Japanese director. ...

Noticing Kyoko Aizome in one of her nude photo magazine appearances, Takechi chose the then unknown actress to star in the film. After the film's release, Aizome added to the controversy by admitting to having performed actual sexual intercourse on camera. Though, as Japanese law required, sexual organs and pubic hair were fogged on screen, the Asahi Shimbun called it a breakthrough film as Japan's first hardcore pornographic movie,^[4] Aizome received national notoriety from starring in the film, thereby becoming Japan's first hardcore pornographic star. Her name became a selling-point for future films such as Kyoko Aizome's Somber Reminiscence (1983)^[5] Kyoko Aizome (愛染恭子; Aizome Kyōko) is a Japanese erotic actress. ... Asahi-OSAKA office Asahi is a common name in Japan, for other uses see Asahi. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ...

Synopsis

Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Junichiro Tanizaki,^[2], the film opens as an artist and a young woman are in a dentist's waiting room. Though he is attracted to the woman, he says nothing to her. They are later in the same examining room. When he is given an anaesthetic, he begins to imagine a series of scenes in which the woman undergoes various forms of sexual abuse, including rape and torture. When the artist recovers from the anaesthetic, he finds clues showing that he may not have been hallucinating.^[6] Junichiro Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎 Tanizaki Junichirō, July 24, 1886 - July 30, 1965) was a Japanese author. ...

References

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Sources

• Koizumi, Shinichi (2001-12-01). Porn-star label now a badge of honor for actress (English). Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2001-12-03. Retrieved on 2007-02-18.
• Sharp, Jasper. Daydream (1981) review (English). www.midnighteye.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
• Sharp, Jasper. Tetsuji Takechi: Erotic Nightmares (English). www.midnighteye.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
• Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.