Call of the Pistil (花芯の誘い) 52 years old

The directorial debut of Masaru Konuma, penned by Keiichi Ozawa using the pseudonym "Fuyuhiko Hagi". Masako is a journalist, and she is raped while researching a story. The rape causes her to develop amnesia, so her brother devises a novel way to get her memory back -- he has her boyfriend rape her again. It doesn't work, so the brother and boyfriend do more research, discovering that Masako was raped by an African-American soldier. As might be expected, they then hire a black GI to rape the poor girl yet a third time...

Credits

Call of the Pistil Cast

Name Character
Tatsuya Hamaguchi as Takashi Togawa
Akira Takahashi He was 48, 83 years old when he died as Driver
Hajime Mitamura He was 36, now 88 years old as Ken'ichirô Yano
Keiko Maki as Masako Yano
Toshihiko Oda as Tachibana
Hyôe Enoki He was 43, now 96 years old as Tetsu

Call of the Pistil Crew

Name Department
Masaru Konuma as Director. He was 33 (now 86) years old Directing
Shôhei Andô as Director of Photography. He was 38 (78) years old when He died Camera
Hajime Kaburagi as Original Music Composer. He was 45 (now 98) years old Sound
Call of the Pistil poster
Call of the Pistil (52 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, December 18, 1971
  • Runtime: 66 minutes