A candy-colored concoction emblematic of 1980s Japanese erotica, Pink Cut reveals Yoshimitsu Morita as a thoroughly versatile filmmaker taking his first steps towards the playful postmodernism that would define his oeuvre.

Shot on-location in a near-documentary style that forefronts bygone locations and the camaraderie inherent to a strip club’s troupe, Yoshimitsu Morita's first Roman Porno for Nikkatsu hits a surprising note of coming-of-age.