Emanuelle nera: Orient reportage (1976)

Director:

Joe D'Amato

Writers:

Ottavio Alessi (story)
Maria Pia Fusco (screenplay)

Release Date:

November 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

She's Hotter Than Ever

Plot:

Emmanuelle is sent to Bangkok on a journalism assignment. While there, she embarks on her own exploration of the secrets of sensual pleasure. While learning much, she also reveals several secrets of her own.

Plot Keywords:

Bangkok | Journalist | Interview | Cockfighting | Second Part

Cast

Laura Gemser	...	Emanuelle
Gabriele Tinti	...	Roberto
Ely Galleani	...	Frances
Ivan Rassimov	...	Prince Sanit
Venantino Venantini	...	David
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Jimmy
Koike Mahoco	...	Gee
Fausto Di Bella
Gaby Bourgois
Chris Avram	...	Thomas Quizet
Attilio Duse
Debra Berger	...	Debra

Also Known As:

Emanuelle in Bangkok (USA)

Runtime:

Australia:92 min | Germany:91 min | USA:87 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Top Gear: (2007-11-18)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Sweet Leaving Thing

One from my "lonely teenager" years

In the summer of 1995, Showtime aired this movie almost every night, after "Red Shoe Diaries" and usually around 1 AM. I thought then this was the strangest soft-core thing I've ever seen. Over the years, I've seen far more bizarre, but this one still remains memorable to me after all these years.

First off, the music. Bad '70s porno music meets Asian karaoke. Seriously. There are really only 2 songs here, and I don't know the names of them, so I'll give them names: "Like A Sailing Ship," which has a ship horn in its chorus ("TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!"), and "I Wander Safe At Night," which is played most prominently during the big group drug/orgasm scene, perhaps the standout scene in this film: a bunch of people smoke pot (or some mind-altering drug), then get horny and get freaky. All to the strains of a bad guitar solo. This should be a requirement for all soft-core porn.

Laura Gemser is pretty hot, she could easily still stand out even today. Come to think of it, all the women here are not bad-looking at all. If you can stand the fact that a lot of George W.'s last name is in full force here (personal grooming wasn't in in 1976, kids), you might like the ladies.

"Emanuelle in Bangkok," a standout film from my lonely teenager years. I don't even remember the plot, and I don't care. Seeing this now brings back memories of me with Cool Ranch Doritos and a bottle of Pepsi, keeping the volume low so my parents wouldn't hear it, settling back to Showtime's late-night lineup, which included this film and "Red Shoe Diaries." Those were the days...