Italy Versus Japan: Battle Of The Sleaze Epics

Gestapos Orgy For lovers of all things to do with sleazy cinema, two countries pop up as prime sleaze producers again and again - Italy and Japan. These countries have sleazy film genres native to their own land - for Japan, the pinku eiga and for Italy, the Giallo. And they have been producing sleaze epics for a number of decades now. I thought it would be fun to take five sleazy Italian films and five sleazy Japanese films and make a comparison of the two native film industries in a battle for the title of Sleaze Epic film producer. Hopefully you will enjoy my article and comment on which country produces the most morally bankrupt films. HONOURABLE MENTION: this goes to Hong Kong for its Category 3 Films. Mmmmmm - depraved.
 
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My first film watched was Carrie aged 2 on my dad's knee. Educated at The University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. Fan of Arthouse, Exploitation, Horror, Euro Trash, Giallo, New French Extremism. Weaned at the bosom of a Russ Meyer starlet. The bleaker, artier or sleazier the better!