Hard Lesbian: Genuine Tongue Technique

is a 1992 Japanese pink film directed by Yutaka Ikejima and scripted by his wife, prolific screenwriter Kyōko Godai. It won the Best Film, 6th place award at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.

Synopsis

Emi, a [...] model, falls in love with Mako, a promiscuous lesbian. After much drama, Emi comes to the conclusion that the only way she can have Mako to herself is to kill her.

Cast

• Chisato Ariga () as Emi ([...] model)
• Mako () as Mako
• Satomi Shinozaki () as Nahoko
• Atsumi Sakurai () as Kayo (Woman at a lesbian show)
• Misao Sugihara () as Atsumi
• Tatsuo Hibino () as Kazuhiko Yamamura
• Yutaka Ikejima as Momochi
• Ryūji Yamamoto () as Kumita
• Michiyo Yasunaga () as Lesbian bar customer
• Saori Suzuki ()
• Sumiko Mogi () as Lesbian bar host
• Ken'ichi Kanbe () as Kōbe

Background, availability and critical appraisal

Director Yutaka Ikejima had worked in pink film as an actor, appearing in over 500 of these softcore productions between his debut in 1981 and his directorial debut in 1988. He first worked as a director in the AV (adult video) field, turning to pink film directing in 1991 with The Masturbating Lesbian. Lesbian-themed pink films were usually made for the benefit of heterosexual male audiences who wanted to see two [...] women together. Ikejima's lesbian films work against this by concentrating on character development and melodramatic plotlines. Hard Lesbian: Genuine Tongue Technique was one of Ikejima's earliest films, and, like most of his films, was scripted by his wife, Kyōko Godai. Godai had previously come to prominence for her work with the controversial director Hisayasu Satō.

Ikejima filmed Hard Lesbian: Genuine Tongue Technique for Xces Films and that studio released it theatrically in Japan on December 25, 1992. Xces re-released the film on May 13, 2005 under the title . At the fifth annual Pink Grand Prix ceremony covering 1992, Hard Lesbian: Genuine Tongue Technique was named the sixth best film of the year. Lead actress Mako was also given a Best New Actress award at the ceremony. In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The [...] Films (1998) Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser give Hard Lesbian: Genuine Tongue Technique a rating of three out of four stars.

Bibliography

English

Japanese

External links

• (Xces official site)