
Film
Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths
1971· 1h 28m· Documentary
Ippei was born at the cost of his mother's life. This fact haunts him, he felt a longing for Japan's ancient hot springs and embarked on a journey to find his ideal bath. The pinnacle of baths was the bathhouses with female bathers during the Keicho and Kan'ei eras. Men would drink sake with female bathers, push them down, and moan as they did so. Bathing also had an aspect of women's pursuit of beauty. Beautiful women try out various forms of bathing. Ippei's pilgrimage introduces various hot springs and engaging in sexual acts with the hot women he encounters. He experiences various bathing scenes, including Turkish baths and secretly filmed geishas bathing.
1971-01-12
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Key Crew
DirectorSadao Nakajima
ScreenplaySadao Nakajima
Director of PhotographyShigeru Akatsuka
Original Music ComposerIchiro Araki
Full cast & crew (2 cast · 5 crew)
Details
Released1971-01-12
Runtime1h 28m
StatusReleased
StudiosToei Company
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating6.2/10 · 6 votes
Original languageja