Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging explained

, a.k.a. Koichiro Uno's Wet Strike, is a 1984 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series, directed by Shūsuke Kaneko and starring Natsuko Yamamoto and Arisa Hayashi. It was the 21st film in Nikkatsu's series of films based on the works of author Kōichirō Uno.

Synopsis

The film is a parody of, a tennis manga. Similar characters to that in the manga include "Madam Butterfly", a rich snob of a professional tennis player, and Hiromi, her suffering opponent.^[2]

Cast

• Natsuko Yamamoto as Hiromi Hosokawa^[3]
• Arisa Hayashi as Madame Butterfly
• Yūgo Sawada
• Satoru Harada
• Rika Ishii

Critical appraisal

Shūsuke Kaneko won the Yokohama Film Festival award for best new director for this film.^{[4] [5]}

Legacy

Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging was Shūsuke Kaneko's directorial debut. He turned his early success in the Roman porno / pink film genre into a mainstream directorial career. Today he is best known for his films in the kaijū film genre, such as (1995) and (2001).^[6]

Availability

Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging was released on DVD in Japan on October 21, 2005, as part of Geneon's first wave of Nikkatsu Roman porno series.^[7]

References

Bibliography

English

• Book: Sharp, Jasper. Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. 2008. FAB Press. Guildford. 978-1-903254-54-7.
  • Web site: UNO Kōichirō NO NURETE UTSU. 2009-08-26. Complete Index to World Film.
• Book: Weisser, Thomas. Yuko Mihara Weisser . Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. 1998. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. 1-889288-52-7 .

Japanese

• Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=148872. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ(1984). 2009-08-26. allcinema.net. Japanese.
• Web site: http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/13995. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Japanese.
• Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1984/dh000370.htm. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
• Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/17419. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007221937/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/17419. 2011-10-07. dead.
• Web site: http://www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com/shousai/r049.html. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. l www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20090202112519/http://nikkatsu-romanporno.com/shousai/r049.html. 2009-02-02. dead.
• Web site: Nurete Utsu. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. www.shusuke-kaneko.com. Japanese.
• Web site: http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun/index.cgi?ctl=each&id=17419. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. www.walkerplus.com. Japanese.

Notes and References

1. Infobox data from Web site: 宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
2. Weisser, p. 448.
3. Web site: Nurete Utsu. ja:宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ. 2009-08-26. www.shusuke-kaneko.com. Japanese.
4. Weisser, p. 448.
5. Web site: Awards for Uno Kōichirō no nurete utsu (1984). 2009-08-26. Internet Movie Database.
6. Sharp, p. 236.
7. Web site: http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/dvd/romanporno/romanporno.htm. ja:ジェネオン エンタテインメントよりＤＶＤリリース. 2010-10-15. Japanese. P.G. Web Site. 2012-08-05. https://archive.today/20120805230255/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/dvd/romanporno/romanporno.htm. dead.