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  • But there are some films that don’t quite line up with the traditional types of adult film often seen in the West, such as Japan’s unique mid-20th century soft-core pinku eiga, or Pink Film, a genre all to itself.

    Smashing in Pink: Japan's Artful, Rebellious Film Genre Betty Guo 2024

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  • "At its peak in the 1960s the brand of kinky soft-core erotica known as pinku eiga, or pink film, accounted for half of all movie production in Japan."

    The New York Times, Soft-Core Auteur Turns Attention to Radicals, by Dennis Lim, June 22, 2008

    June 22, 2008