Wet Weekend

Wet Weekend (濡れた週末, Nureta Shumatsu) is a 1979 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi and starring Junko Miyashita.

Wet Weekend
Japanese濡れた週末
HepburnNureta Shumatsu
Directed byKichitaro Negishi
Written byFumio Kōnami
StarringJunko Miyashita
Ako
Production
company
Release date
  • September 22, 1979 (1979-09-22)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

Miyashita plays an office clerk who is having an affair with her married boss. Since he refuses to leave his wife, Miyashita and another couple plan to kidnap his daughter to collect a ransom.[1]

Cast
  • Junko Miyashita as Shimako Maruyama
  • Aoi Nakajima (中島葵) as Noriko Goto
  • Junichiro Yamashita (山下洵一郎) as Junichiro Goto
  • Ako as Tokiko Kazama

Background

The Weisser's, in their book Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, remark that many critics saw similarities between this work and Akira Kurosawa's 1960 film The Bad Sleep Well.[1]

Awards and nominations

4th Hochi Film Award[2]

1st Yokohama Film Festival[3]

  • Won: Best Supporting Actress - Ako
  • 9th Best Film[4]

References
  1. Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 498–499. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  2. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. 第1回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９７９年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. １９７９年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
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