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Career Girl: Kyusho-zeme (1979)

  • Drama
  • 63 min
  • ★ 2.0/10 from 2 ratings

A woman runs a successful boutique and lives a work-centered life. She is called a career girl by those around her. She also has a sweet lover. He even proposed to her. But she doesn't want to live that way. She actually had an abominable trauma in her past. She had her mind and body toyed with by a sweaty manual laborer with no trace of education, and even though it was a past she wanted to erase, she still felt physically attracted to that man...

Directed byGenji Nakamura

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  1. 01

    Maruhi kyôsei-zai: Bed ga nureru

    Same director

    1980 · 64 min · Drama

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    A woman works as a nude model for vinyl books. She breaks up with her cameraman, and starts living with a cute male university student. One day, she goes to the supermarket to buy a change of lingerie for a shoot, but realizes she doesn't have the money, so she shoplifts. There, she meets a middle-aged man that also shoplifts. She goes out drinking with the middle-aged man because of their affinity, and they end up in bed. The two start dating. The woman decides to invite the middle-aged man to her room because she thinks the two-way relationship between a college student and a middle-aged man is fun. When the two men run into one another, they are surprised. It turns out they are father and son! From there, the strange cohabitation of the three begin... And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  2. 02

    OL Hunter: Onna Nakase no Yubi

    Strong story similarity

    1986 · 61 min · Drama

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    An office lady who works at a department store, is having an affair with her boss, but she feels empty inside. One day, while she was on her way home, she heard the sound of footsteps and felt the eyes of a stalker on her. She rushed home, but contrary to her feelings of anxiety and fear, she felt a strange joy. The next day, she went out in a bold outfit to attract her stalker.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: pink film and softcore
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  3. 04

    Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi

    Strong story similarity

    1983 · 65 min · Drama

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    Shirasaki is a physical education teacher who is also popular with female students. However, Shirasaki also had worries that he could not tell anyone about. It was his fiancé Kuniko's cleanliness. Still, Shirasaki tries not to disappoint her expectations for him. Even when Yuki, a female student who has a crush on Shirasaki, suddenly approaches Shirasaki in an attempt to attract his attention, he never crosses the line. However, one night, as he walks in the same direction as a woman who got off the bus, he is mistaken for another man and Shirasaki's life begins to take a turn for the worse.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: pink film and softcore
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  4. 05

    Grapefruit no yôna onna: Sei ran no hibi

    Strong story similarity

    1981 · 61 min · Drama

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    A stylist and jazz lover meets a jazz musician who plays exceptionally well at a live music venue, and they fall in love. For the woman, love means intensely desiring the other person to the point of suffocation every single second, and that's how they truly love each other. Then the man receives an offer for a long-term performance in New York. For a jazz musician, a New York performance is a dream. The man leaves. At first, the woman is almost driven mad by loneliness, but eventually she starts to try to distract herself from that loneliness with other men. It is then that she realizes she is pregnant with the man's child…

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: pink film and softcore
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  5. 06

    Climax! Okasareru hanayome

    Strong story similarity

    1980 · 61 min · Drama

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    The owner of a small roadside restaurant tries to arrange a marriage to a young woman who she adopted. But the woman falls for a truck driver who is in trouble with the yakuza.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: pink film and softcore
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  6. 07

    Kurutta seiyoku-sha: Shufu o osou!

    Strong story similarity

    1979 · 63 min · Drama

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    A man was sentenced to prison for rape. After he was released on parole he had a difficult time finding work. He tried to resist the sexual urges that put him away but his inner beast keeps resurfacing with brutal results. Then one day on his way to another interview he meets a married woman.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: pink film and softcore
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  7. 08

    Omanta hayashi: Harenchi ondo

    Strong story similarity

    1981 · 65 min · Drama

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    A fast talking, money stealing, gambling, womanizing low level yakuza bum takes advantage of a bar owner’s virgin daughter. But even after he does the right thing his bad habits don’t change.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: pink film and softcore
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