Kinuyo Tanaka – Pulp & Pep https://monicanolan.com/pulppep An exploration of lesbian pulps and 1950s teen romance Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 120614702 Ozu’s Lesbian Kiss https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2014/06/27/ozus-lesbian-kiss/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:00:33 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=480 There aren’t a lot of lesbian kisses on screen. Especially in the 1930s. In Japan. But this is one of the best.

Dragnet Girl isn’t really about Tokiko (Kinuyo Tanaka), an office girl who vamps her employer à la Babyface by day and parties with her bad-boy boyfriend, the sultry Joji, at night. The story revolves around Joji and his relationship with a young gangster-wannabe, Hiroshi. Hiroshi has a sister, Kazuko, who’s trying to keep her kid brother out of trouble, the way sisters always do in gangster movies.

So Kazuko frets about Hiroshi, Hiroshi has a crush on Joji, Joji is interested in Kazuko, and Tokiko gets jealous. After … Read more

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