Maruhi anaba joho: Hinba no toiki

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Saburo Endo directs. Osamu Inoue cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 253 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Editor Osamu Inoue shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Akemi Nijo and Junko Miyashita and Kaoru Hazuki carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt2382620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Osamu Inoue

Runtime

71 min · 1h 11m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

IMDB

Maruhi anaba joho: Hinba no toiki (1973) ↗

Also by

Saburo Endo

• 
  Mistress

  1972 · ★ 10.0
• 
  Apartment Wife: Night of Pleasure

  1973 · ★ 10.0
• 
  Apartment Wife: Night of the Rape

  1973 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Apartment Wife: Prime Woman

  1972 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Rose and Whip

  1975 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Apartment Wife: Unforgettable Night

  1972 · ★ 7.0

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Nikkatsu Corporation

  JP

Key crew

• ProducerAkira Matsuoka
• MusicNaozumi Yamamoto
• CinematographyTeruo Hatanaka
• EditorOsamu Inoue
• Art DirectionHeihachiro Watanabe
• Still PhotographerShōichi Teramoto

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• softcore
• pink film

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere1973-06-13

Also known as

International titles

• Maruhi anaba joho: Hinba no toikiJP