Lusty Sisters

aka Erotic Sisters is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Chūsei Sone and starring Keiko Tsuzuki and Akemi Nijō. Synopsis Three sisters live alienated existences in modern-day Tokyo. One works as a secretary, one is a prostitute, and one is a criminal. The secretary is cynically unhappy with the sexist business world which limits her opportunities for advancement and makes her a target for her lecherous boss. The prostitute lives an aimless life, drifting between men, and often the target of either police or jealous wives. The criminal, who lives by disrupting the society which oppresses her two sisters, is the only happy one of the three. Cast Akemi Nijō: Satsuki Ōtsuki Keiko Tsuzuki: Shinobu Ōtsuki Senro Sō: Sumire Ōtsuki Chigusa Takayama: Fujie Ōtsuki Kenji Shimamura: Denkichi Ōtsuki Nobutaka Masutoko: Honda Rokurō Hiroyuki Mikawa: Ichirō Sawaki Kiyoko Ōtani: Miyo Sawaki Mako Mizuki: Yōko Ikuta Background and critical appraisal In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers fault the film for its story, but praise director Sone for raising the film above its exploitation origins. According to the Weissers, the film is "a great looking production", and Sone gives the characters humanity. Nevertheless, they point out, in line with the exploitation genre, Sone delivers some "chillingly savage" moments. Allmovie agrees that the film is "not for the timid", but judges that it was one of Nikkatsu's better Roman Pornos of 1972. Dealing with societal alienation, self-destruction and violence, the film works with themes that director Hisayasu Satō would make his own in the 1980s and 1990s.