Tokyo Emmanuelle

After the director's message, "I visualize the romance of Roman Porn and I attempt to share that image," a loosely connected series of softcore sex scenes unfolds.

The plot concerns Kyoko (Kumi Taguchi), a young Japanese woman married to a man in France.

[2][3] Director Akira Katō was a competent, but not highly successful member of the Nikkatsu Roman Porno team.

His Crazy for Love (1971) was part of Nikkatsu's second Roman Porno double-release, and he stayed with the studio throughout its 17-year production of the series.

[5] Maeno made international headlines in March 1976 when he died in a kamikaze attack on Yoshio Kodama, a multi-millionaire right-wing leader and leading figure in the Lockheed bribery scandals.

Both Japanese and Western audiences, writes Sharp, were able to appreciate Kumi Taguchi's "well-proportioned figure and smouldering dark looks".

Tokyo Emmanuelle in theatrical release for English-speaking audiences