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In 1934, the world's largest black pearl disappears. Years later the world famous detective Ippei uses the last words of a dying veteran, who claimed to know its whereabouts, to track it down. Those final words are 'Pussy Print'!
GROPER TRAIN: Search For The Black Pearl Reviews
GROPER TRAIN: Search For The Black Pearl Reviews
| 43 of 46 people found the following review helpful By This review is from: GROPER TRAIN: Search For The Black Pearl (DVD) I've often said that most acclaimed Japanese directors made their 'breaks' into the film industry through the so-called Japanese "Pink" films and award-winning director Yojiro Takita is one such director. Pink films often have a social commentary but there are also other variations such as "Pink horror", "Pink violence" and "Pink comedies"; they do have one common denominator and that is the abundant content of sex and nudity. "Groper Train: The Search for the Black Pearl" (1984) is part of the "Groper train" series that features the detective Ippei Kuroda in a series of silly, goofy, exploitive yet clever mysteries.Back in 1934 during the Japanese-Chinese war, the world's largest known black pearl goes missing and remains as one of the great unsolved mysteries in Japan. Some years later, a war veteran named Gohei Yamamori confessed that he knew where the black pearl was all along to his wife Matsuko (Mitsuo Nakayama) before his untimely death. His last words were (as in... Read more 15 of 20 people found the following review helpful By HSPlus (Los Angeles CA USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: GROPER TRAIN: Search For The Black Pearl (DVD) This film is pretty funny, screwball comedy from Oscar winner(Departures) Yojiro Takita. This film is one of his early works from Pink film and it proves that he has a great sense and deserves to get an Oscar.It got pretty nice balance between black humors and silly jokes, and got increadible camera angles. The story streams very nicely with mysiteries, exciting sexual scenes and funny characters. I dis not get tired of it. Groper Train series show you a different face of the Dir. Takita so that it is very treasurable. Pretty good film. Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: GROPER TRAIN: Search For The Black Pearl (DVD) I like this kinda stuff. You know this really does happen on there trains all the time. When I was in Japan I rode the trains as it is the most efficient way to travel. I saw many times men getting close. I spoke to my friend who was a young girl and she said after a while unless the fellas get a little excited it is not more than just "Feels" |
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