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.

[2][3][4] 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.

It was advertised as a "love story", and proved surprisingly popular with female audiences, not the usual target for the Roman Porno series.