last night was a Teruo Ishii double feature. first I re-watched "Screwed" for first time since my original viewing in 2009. I think I must have been very intoxicated when I watched it the first time because what I remembered was very different in focus, although definitely the same movie. Anyways, "Screwed" is an amalgamation of Yoshiharu Tsuge's "Screw Style" (ねじ式 Nejishiki) manga, autobiographical bits about the author and a dash of general weirdness. it's aimless and meandering, but consistently engaging. there's no real violence but lots of nudity and interesting visuals. It's also one of the earlier Tadanobu Asano films, with a much more low-key performance. Overall it was even better than I remembered, but definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
then it was Arrow's re-issue of "Orgies of Edo" from 1969. This one was a blast! Three vignettes taking place in the edo period. basically jidaigeki porno with a sadistic bent. this was much closer to what I though "Horrors of Malformed Men" would be like. each vignette is better than the last but the single best part of the film is during the second one, when a woman asks her protector to find her a hideous monster to sleep with and the guy returns with a big buff black dude to her delight. this guy is literally delivered in a box and has a jungle warrior loin clothe. Japanese racism is best racism.
