Blue Film: Estimation

Blue Film: Estimation
Theatrical poster for Blue Film: Estimation (1968)
Directed by	Kan Mukai[1]
Written by	Atsushi Yamatoya
Starring	Mari Nagisa Kemi Ichiboshi[2] >Norihiro Ōtani
Cinematography	Shirō Suzuki
Distributed by	Mukai Productions Nihon Geijutsu Kyokai Wakamatsu Productions Kantō Movies
Release date	March 1968 (1968-03)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Blue Film: Estimation (蒼いフィルム　品さだめ, Aoi firumu shinasadame) is a 1968 Japanese pink film directed by Kan Mukai. It is in the Part color-format which was common with Pink films in the late 1960s and early 1970s before Nikkatsu's entry into the genre with their Roman Porno films.

Synopsis

The film depicts the plight of a female office worker whose boss introduces her to the world of pornographic films.[3]

Cast

• Mari Nagisa as Maya (typist)[3][4]
• Kemi Ichiboshi[2]
• Norihiro Ōtani as Kunio
• Mitsugu Fujii
• Risa Minakami

Background

Director Kan Mukai often capitalized on controversy to boost the publicity surrounding the release of his films. In the case of Blue Film: Estimation, the advertising campaign emphasizing the appearance of mainstream actress Mitsugu Fujii in this pink film created enough public notice to make the film a success.[3] Fujii would again work with Mukai in his Blue Film Woman (1969).[5]

Bibliography

English

• Aoi firumu: Shinasadame (1968) at IMDb
• "AOI FILM SHINASADAME". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
• Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 70. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

Japanese

• 蒼いフィルム 品さだめ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
• "蒼いフィルム 品さだめ". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-19.

Notes

1. 蒼いフィルム 品さだめ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
2. From film poster
3. Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 70. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
4. Cowie, Peter, ed. (1977). "Japan". World Filmography 1967. London: Oak Tree Publications. p. 355. ISBN 0-498-01569-6.
5. ブルーフィルムの女 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-02-19.