Season of Infidelity: BDSM Tales from the Classic Master by Oniroku DanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Typical of me. I thought I was picking up a 'dirty book' and what I got was spiritual bliss of sorts. The writer Oniroku Dan, is a well-known soft (hard?) core porn filmmaker, screenwriter, and novelist. He's an expert on BDSM. As far as I know this is his first book in English, which consists of four short stories - but I suspect that they are more like memoirs than fiction.
The first three I was totally turned on, but the fourth one is the magic one - a really great view point of the porn or more like it the essence of pleasure in a Japanese context. The main figure in the last story is Naomi Tani, queen of the bondage film. And in what is almost a documentary on the nature of these films and its world. Here Dan really captures the essence of porn that is both funny, charming, and a tad erotic.
Also you get a good sense of the bars, the film world, and the nature of Japanese blue flicks or better known as "Roman Porno films.' Which was a cult-like passion for film goers in the 1970's. For instance my wife is into those type of films - but that's another story.
It says in the back cover that Dan wrote over 120 books. One hopes that these books will get translated and published. Excellent erotica, but also a great doorway to the undercurrents of contemporary Japan.
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Isn't it funny? Check out this:
http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/11/ron_mael_the_best_thing_ive_he.html
I just found the album and listening to it now. New worlds are opening up.
Thanks for the tip! Sparks can never lead you on the wrong path.
Speaking about Strauss, it's worth noting also that this one isn't the only favorite of Mr Mael - another is this particular version of Elektra:
http://www.amazon.com/R-Strauss-Elektra-Richard-1/dp/B0000041RM/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1272980634&sr=1-9
In fact I left the link to the Mojo review because of the introduction, where Ron Mael appears as a collector of '70s Japanese "pinky violence" films. Had no idea about it :)
Those are good films! My wife took me to a film festival in Tokyo showing a retrospective of one of the directors that work in that medium. Pretty impressive!
I love season of infidelity. At first, i thought , i would be reading about How To Cheat And Get Away With It.
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