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Tampon Tango; Japanese Erotica, Vol. 1

Tampon Tango; Japanese Erotica, Vol. 1

Released Jul 01st, 1984
Running Time 60, 55
Directors Tamamoto, Chiken Fujii
Company Orchids International
Cast Norica Takarashi, Yucari Tacuchi, Kaori Kawaguchi
Critical Rating Not Yet Rated
Genre Feature

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Reviews

I think it was when the cute Japanese woman got hit on the head by the meteorite, and they used tampons to stop her nosebleed, that I realized the Tampon Tango was the Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video of Japanese porno.  Forget the director yelling, “Down with the United States.  Down with herpes.”  Forget the couples getting it on in the middle of one of those clean Japanese streets, and the woman masturbating in the phone booth.  Forget the guy who, all through the picture, has exactly one line: “I will try my best.”  (And he does, too, before the picture is over.)

On the other hand, you really can’t avoid noticing the women at the seashore washing their crotches with good old American Blue Cheer, or the guys running around with tampons tied to their penises…. I mean, this is a weird movie.

I only wish I had better things to say about the sex scenes.  Perhaps it’s just my cultural conditioning, but all of those cute Japanese women sound like they’re having very painful experiences when they get laid.  Also, if one can believe the subtitles, the Japanese words for “I’m coming” sound just like all their other moans.  Still, watching the Japanese get it on is intriguing.  Be aware: the camera angles and action during the sex scenes are not what you’re used to.  No exaggerated motions; every move is short and sweet.

Still, one suspects that the director was playing around, rather than conveying Japanese culture, when, in the middle of a sex scene, an actress says, “Time out…. He came.  Tissue paper!”  Don’t miss Tampon Tango!

The Kimono is the less interesting of the two tapes here, largely because it’s supposed to be a drama.  In fact, it’s one of a sort much praised (or at least, much found) in the Orient: the parties to an arranged marriage actually love someone else.  Yoshinari, the hubby-to-be, loves Namiji, a nymphomaniac; while Saori, the betrothed, loves Jane, an American woman.  The problem never really does work out, but everybody does get laid, and we get to see a really nice tea ceremony, done more professionally and accurately than usually seen in movies.



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