SOV Nikkatsu: Competing with Adult Video and horror

For this episode, we cover 4 of Nikkatsu's "Live Shooting" titles for home video:

• "Izumi Shima's Swapping (Secret) Reipu Lesson" (1982)
• "Devil's Body" (1987) and HIV/AIDS metaphors
• "Kaori Aso: The Orgasm" (1987): mermaid?
• "Dream's Labyrinth" (1988), which riffs on "Nightmare on Elm Street."

Links:

• Nikkatsu "Live Shooting series" (Letterboxd list)
• Nikkatsu's upcoming DVD of "Devil's Body" (Tower Records)
• Show Me Something Wrong's episode on "Red Account: My Bloody Angel" (1988). Made by the same crew as "Dream's Labyrinth," this film is the most-watched Live Shooting title and was exported.

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