Wet Weekend

Wet Weekend
Japanese	濡れた週末
Hepburn	Nureta Shumatsu
Directed by	Kichitaro Negishi
Written by	Fumio Kōnami
Starring	Junko Miyashita Ako
Production company	Nikkatsu
Release dates	September 22, 1979
Running time	71 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Wet Weekend (濡れた週末 Nureta Shumatsu) is a 1979 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi and starring Junko Miyashita.

Synopsis

Miyashita plays an office clerk who is having an affair with her married boss. Since he refuses to leave his wife, Miyashita and another couple plan to kidnap his daughter to collect a ransom.^[1]

Cast

• Junko Miyashita as Shimako Maruyama
• Aoi Nakajima (中島葵) as Noriko Goto
• Junichiro Yamashita (山下洵一郎) as Junichiro Goto
• Ako as Tokiko Kazama

Background

The Weisser's, in their book Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, remark that many critics saw similarities between this work and Akira Kurosawa's 1960 film The Bad Sleep Well.^[1]

Awards and nominations

4th Hochi Film Award^[2]

• Won: Best Actress - Junko Miyashita

1st Yokohama Film Festival^[3]

• Won: Best Supporting Actress - Ako
• 9th Best Film^[4]

References

1. Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 498–499. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
2. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
3. 第1回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９７９年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
4. １９７９年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

External links

• Wet Weekend at the Internet Movie Database
• 濡れた週末 (in Japanese). JMDB. External link in |publisher= (help)