Movies by Ken'ichi Kanbe

Human Livestock
Tamie’s husband Shuhei is a famous novelist. However he mysteriously disappeared after WWII. One day, his old friend Mikuni shows up to Tamie’s house. He accuses Tamie of killing him. Mikuni shows her proof, in the form of a letter the novelist wrote before he disappeared. However, the truth is much more twisted than he could imagine... This period film, set in post-WWII Japan, is truly one of the more bizarre and twisted Pink Films you'll ever see.

Chikan to nozoki: fujin-ka byôtô
A complete change of pace for cult pinku-eiga filmmaker Hisayasu Sato, this softcore farce set in a women's clinic looks more like one of Siggi Gotz's German romps than a film from the director of OL Renzoku Rape: Kyonyu Musaboru or Kamen No Yuwaku. The zany antics include the misadventures of a voyeuristic nurse, an exhibitionistic patient, a doctor and nurse who engage in S&M, a hypochondriac, and a lesbian nurse who sleeps with the patients.

I Thought About You
Two private detectives investigate cases of young men of rich parentage getting abducted and raped until a ransom is paid.

Mourning Wife
Director Daisuke Goto, the master of the cinematic Pink Eiga, is back with this retelling of the classic film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A married woman, tasked with running her handicapped husband’s failing printing business, meets a drifter and they fall in love. Soon a plan to murder the husband is put into motion and the forces of fate begin to show their hand. Featuring bravura filmmaking, fantastic performances and steamy sex, the Mourning Wife is a worthy follow up for any fan of Daisuke Goto’s masterpiece A Lonely Cow Weep...

Men in Love
An omnibus consisting of two parts. 1) Ototo no Koibito: Takeo is a graduate student who lives with his sister Momoko. He is hiding his relationship with Riku from her which results in trouble when she starts getting interested in Riku. Takeo gets jealous over this. 2) Aitsu no Kodomo: Akihiko is an officeworker who takes care of a child himself. It is not his child but the child of his crush Kazuya, a straight man, who has no time to be a parent. Akihiko gets frustrated over the lack of affection from Kazuya. One day a friend of Akihiko cal...

Educating Yuna
Yuna is a shy and innocent college student. One day, she meets Professor Shibuya, a famous art critic and collector. Yuna is infatuated by his personality, and falls in love with him. Professor Shibuya invites Yuna to his countryside home, to help him organize his art collection. There, she meets Erika and Miho, an S&M queen and her mistress. Through them, Yuna is introduced to a new, unfamiliar and tantalizing world, which tests the boundaries of her acceptance.
The Con Artist
In a small village in the Japanese countryside, Jed the farmer and Biff the local cop are best friends who always compete over the hearts of the local women. One day, a mysteriously hot stranger comes to town and both of them fall for her. The plot thickens as they independently propose marriage to her, and she in turn agrees to both proposals! A comedy of errors from Japan’s most prolific Pink films director.

Tokyo Strangler
Danger lurks around every corner. A psychopathic serial killer is tying up, raping and murdering Tokyo's sexy young women! Kathy is trying to divorce her husband, all the while conducting a hot affair with her divorce attorney, Sean. As she walks through the park one day, she witnesses the killer disposing of the dead body of his latest victim. The killer begins stalking her, throwing her otherwise normal life into a paranoid frenzy.Mr. Pink (Yutaka Ikejima) masterfully directs this suspenseful Pink-Film retelling of Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.