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The seventh and final entry in the “Office Lady Journal” series pairs the talent of director Masaru Konuma with the emerging talent of actress Asami Ogawa.

At 24 years of age, Asami is an office assistant who spends most of her time taking care of her aging father, who is struggling with alcoholism. Her one escape from this mundane life lies in her boss, with whom she is having an affair. Asami does little to stick out at the office, instead keeping her interactions with co-workers to kind formalities. It is also apparent in the relationship with her boss that he is more reliant on her affection than she is, making Asami stand out as an independent woman, early in the film. Consequently, this independent outlook on life allows Asami to wander around in her own world, having interactions outside of the constraints of the relationship. We see her throw a...

Press Release Kino International and KimStim are proud to release the four-dvd set Debauched Desires: Four Erotic Masterpieces by Masaru Konuma. Directed by the master of Japanese erotic cinema Masaru Konuma, Cloistered Nun: Runa’S Confession (1976), Tattooed Flower Vase (1976), Erotic Diary Of An Office Lady (1977) and a re-mastered version of Wife To Be Sacrificed (1975) are now available in one four-dvd set at the reduced price of $49.95. Previously, each of these films was available at $29.95. The street date for Debauched Desires: Four Erotic Masterpieces by Masaru Konuma is May 19, 2009. "Stylishly directed and singularly harrowing" (Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia), these four films are classic examples of pink cinema, a style of Japanese, softcore theatrical films which was common in the early 1960s. Typically produced on bare-bones budgets and clocking in at an economical seventy minutes, quite a few of these films - like Masaru Konuma’s controversial S&M flick A Wife to...