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Horse and Woman and Dog
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Wikipedia article
'aka' 'and' is a 1990 Japanese 'pink film' directed by Hisayasu Sat.
Synopsis
Three social outcasts who live near the seaside interact with each other in increasingly disturbing ways. The trio of characters are a woman who has killed her sister, a man who enjoys necrophilia, and a female amnesiac. The first woman engages in sadistic pursuits such as capturing young women at the beach to force them to engage in sexual activities, including copulation with a horse and a dog.
Background
Usually concerned with the alienation of modern urban life, 'Horse and Woman and Dog' was the first of director Sat's films to have a non-urban setting, though his dark and disturbing style remained.Weisser, p. 469. Sat originally named the film 'Poaching By The Water', but Shinth Eiga, the distributing company, chose to promote the scenes of bestiality in advertising, and gave it the more specific title 'Horse and Woman and Dog'. Such renaming by studios is common in the pink film industry.Weisser, p. 457. Kanako Kishi's sex scenes with animals created a good deal of controversy and resultant publicity.Weisser, p. 470. Shinth Eiga's strategy paid off, and the film became a scandalous success, and, according to the studio's website, one of the top hits in Shinth's history.
In his 'Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema', Jasper Sharp singles out the opening scene of 'Horse and Woman and Dog' as an example of Sat's technique for placing the audience at an uncomfortable position as viewers of his films. The sadistic woman is applying make-up to her face while looking into the mirror of a compact. As the sounds of a young girl's screams become more audible, the woman tilts the mirror so that her face is looking directly into the audience. Sunglasses prevent the audience from fully understanding how it is to interpret the woman's gaze.Sharp, pp. 266-267. In their 'Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films', the Weissers give 'Horse Woman and Dog' a qualifieddue to the extreme nature of the filmrating of three out of four stars. The success of 'Horse and Woman and Dog' led Sat to film a second bestiality-themed film the following year, 'Lady of the Stable' (aka 'WAVE', 1991).Weisser, p. 472.Sharp, p. 264.
Cast
* Kanako Kishi as Yko HayakawaSharp, p. 357.
* Yuri Sasaki as Maki Yano
* Emi Uehara as Norie Kiyama
* Tatsuya Takahashi as Akihisa Tsuda
* Takahiko Kobayashi as Shin Kijima
* Kazuhiro Sano as Akira Migita
Availability
'Horse and Woman and Dog' was released theatrically in May 1990. It was released to home video in the VHS format in 1999. On November 11, 2003, it was re-released under the title 'Horse and Dog and Lady'. On July 14, 2008, Shinth Eiga made the film available through their online AV on Demand service at XCity.
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Notes
Category:1990 films
Category:Films directed by Hisayasu Sat
Category:1990s Japanese-language films
Category:Pink films
Category:Shinth Eiga films
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