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Dutch Wife in the Desert

Original title: Kôya no dacchi waifu
  • 1967
  • NC-17
  • 1h 25m
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5.7/10
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Dutch Wife in the Desert (1967)
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A private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid affair... Read allA private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid affair with her that leaves him questioning his sense of reality.A private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid affair with her that leaves him questioning his sense of reality.

  • Director
    • Atsushi Yamatoya
  • Writer
    • Atsushi Yamatoya
  • Stars
    • Miki Watari
    • Yûichi Minato
    • Shôhei Yamamoto
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
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    • Director
      • Atsushi Yamatoya
    • Writer
      • Atsushi Yamatoya
    • Stars
      • Miki Watari
      • Yûichi Minato
      • Shôhei Yamamoto
    • 6User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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      Shot at the same time and on the same sets as Tajô na nyûeki (1967), using the same sets and lead actors.

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    7/10
    Just...Wow...
    One might think it's hard to be surprised by a movie called Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967) (aka Dutch Wife in the Desert, or more accurately, Kôya no Dacchi waifu), but then you actually see it and your jaw is pretty much planted on the floor. Directed by Branded to Kill writer, Atsushi Yamatoya, in that quintessentially Japanese '60s Yakuza film style, but taken to an exponential degree on the weirdness meter.

    Telling the story of a hitman who has an appointment with the murderer of his girlfriend, it feels like if David Lynch had made a New York City roughie inhabited by Japanese nouvelle vague gangsters it would be this film. It truly has to be seen to be believed. While the story does drag in places, I never lost interest. Camera work is strictly bargain basement with the 'creative' use of out-of-focus shots that seem to indicate there was, in the best tradition of ultra-low budget cinema, not a lot of footage that remained unused.
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    • Release date
      • October 3, 1967 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
    • Production company
      • Yamatoya Production
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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