Love Hunter

Love Hunter
Theatrical poster
Directed bySeiichirō Yamaguchi[1]
Written byKiyomi Kōyama (pseudonym for Seiichirō Yamaguchi and Tatsumi Kumashiro)[2]
StarringHidemi Hara
Mari Tanaka
Sumiko Minami
CinematographyShōhei Andō
Edited byAtsushi Nabeshima
Music byRiichirō Manabe
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • January 8, 1972 (1972-01-08)
Running time
72 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Love Hunter (恋の狩人 ラブ・ハンター, Koi no karyūdo: rabu hantaa) is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Seiichirō Yamaguchi and starring Hidemi Hara, Mari Tanaka, and Sumiko Minami. The film was banned for obscenity, and director Yamaguchi arrested. The resulting trials were the last time that a film was prosecuted for obscenity in Japan.[3]

  1. ^ Infobox data from "ラブ・ハンター 恋の狩人". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 253. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Article 175 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).