Lady Chatterley In Tokyo

Lady Chatterley In Tokyo (東京チャタレー夫人, Tōkyō Chatterly fujin) is a 1977 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Katsuhiko Fujii and starring Izumi Shima.

Lady Chatterley In Tokyo
Theatrical poster for Lady Chatterley In Tokyo (1977)
Directed by	Katsuhiko Fujii[1]
Produced by	Akihiko Yamaki
Written by	Masayasu Ōebara
Starring	Izumi Shima
Music by	Shin Takada
Cinematography	Kenji Hagawara
Edited by	Shinji Yamada
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	August 20, 1977
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Synopsis

Mio is a young woman whose husband is a millionaire's son. When he becomes impotent following an automobile accident, she begins an affair with their gardener and chauffeur, Nitta. After her husband discovers Mio's infidelity, he forces her to leave.[2][3][4]

Cast

• Izumi Shima[5]
• Hiromi Maie
• Kenji Shiiya
• Yōko Azusa
• Teruho Matsunaga
• Naomi Oka

Critical appraisal

In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers give Lady Chatterly in Tokyo a rating of two out of four. They contend that by changing the lead female character from the loyal wife with unsatisfied sexual needs, in Lawrence's original 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lady Chatterly in Tokyo removes the social and psychological conflict in the novel. "...all human interest", they write", "is missing from director Fujii's banal version. Instead, he merely offers a superficial adulterous story with little or no relationship to Lawrence's characters."[2]

The film was not popular with the usual pink film and Roman Porno audience. It was advertised as a "love story", and proved surprisingly popular with female audiences, not the usual target for the Roman Porno series.[2]

Availability

Lady Chatterley In Tokyo was released theatrically in Japan on August 20, 1977.[1] It was released on VHS in Japan on May 25, 1989, and re-released in April 1995.[6][7]

Bibliography

English

• "Lady Chatterley in Tokyo". Adam Film World October 1978, pp. 60–63.
• "TOKYO CHATTERLY FUJIN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
• Tokyo Chatterly fujin (1979) at IMDb
• Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. pp. 127, 342. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
• Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

Japanese

• 東京チャタレー夫人(1977) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
• 東京チャタレー夫人 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-09-09.
• 東京チャタレー夫人 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
• 東京チャタレー夫人(邦画) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

Notes

1. "東京チャタレー夫人". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-09-09.
2. Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 223–224. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
3. Fentone, Steve (1998). "A Rip of the Flesh: The Japanese 'Pink Film' Cycle; Part One". She. 2 (11): 30.
4. "Lady Chatterley in Tokyo". Adam Film World October 1978, pp. 60–63.
5. 東京チャタレー夫人(1977) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
6. "東京チャタレー夫人 [VHS]" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
7. 東京チャタレー夫人[ビデオ] (-) (in Japanese). Amazon.com. ASIN 4890653791.