Otama is a 19 yrs old geisya who was born under a fisherman’s house. Her regular customer, Kuroda, a lieutenant general, has sex with Otama in front of his wife Kane. Kane turns her face away. Being mad at Kane, Kuroda kills her and puts the blame on Otama. Otama gets humiliated and killed by a policeman. A farmer’s daughter, Omitsu, is sold to Cyobei, an owner of a brothel, and gets awful torture from the policeman. Time passed by and Omitsu’s daughter, Omiyo, approaches Chobei to revenge the policeman.

Minemura, who works in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital, was unable to have an abortion, and she was fired. She leaves the hospital and opens a hidden obstetric and gynecological practice on a remote street. This place became a place for women who wanted to get medical help, secretly. One day, when Minemura finds out that the woman who came to him is a virgin, he feels lustful and eventually rapes her.

Short stories dealing with extreme punishment towards promiscuous women.

It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with photography was a photograph of a naked woman.

Pinku from 1971.

Pinku from 1975.