Direction: Noboru Tanaka

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Noboru Tanaka. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Prostitute Torture Hell

1973 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

Direction Noboru Tanaka

Cast Rie Nakagawa · Yuri Yamashina · Hijiri Abe · Chizuyu Azami

Plot Tanaka’s skillful blend of sexploitation and arthouse centers on a courtesan-filled temple frequented by royalty, where lovers of a “death goddess” (Rie Nakagawa) mysteriously die.

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Noburo Ando's Account of Filthy Escape Into Sex

1976 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

Direction Noboru Tanaka

Cast Noboru Andô · Asao Koike · Renji Ishibashi · Mayumi Hagino

Plot Ando on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old ultra-violence.

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Hard Scandal: Sex Drifter

1980 · Movie · 70 min. · Japan

Direction Noboru Tanaka

Cast Ako · Rie Kitahara · Yuki Yoshizawa · Yudo Yoshikawa

Plot Junior High School Student Yudo spends his nights hanging out at the disco; his parents are more interested in dealing with swapping partners than taking care of their son. One...

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Afternoon Affair: Metamorphosis

1973 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

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Love Me Strong... Love Me Hard

1981 · Movie · 74 min. · Japan

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Rape and Death of a Housewife

1978 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan

Direction Noboru Tanaka

Cast Hideo Murota · Noriko Kurosawa · Masato Furuoya · Hiroshi Fukami

Plot Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they’ve developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer...

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