Orchids
International, Inc. | Review by Dan Taylor
Advertised at the local video
store as an action flick (the box featured
a leggy Oriental babe poised to gun down
a villain and a kung-fu move being perpetrated
by another lass), this is actually sleazy
Jap porn of the cheapest kind. I'll tell
ya, when I get ripped off, I get ripped
the fuck off!
The flick starts off with
shots of Tomoko Imamura walking through
a park, playing on a swing set, and telling
us via subtitles that, "My name is
Tomoko. I 'm 20 years old and I am a student.
I lost my virginity at 15 to a boy who was
older. We did it at his place. It hurt so
much I didn't know if I was bleeding from
my period or pain." This was the initial
tip-off to this keen film watcher that the
"action" elements of the pic were
going to be minimal.
Pretty soon we're back at
Tomoko's apartment and she's putting her
flabby body through the motions as she bathes
and masturbates for the camera. She says,
"I'm a bit embarassed, but I'll show
you where I take baths and masturbate all
the time." Yeah, real fucking shy.
At this point, the "movie" shifts
into standard porn procedure as Tomoko participates
in sex with a faceless male co-star. (Not
to mean the guy has no face... I just mean
we never get to see it.)
What makes this particular
flick really sleazy and dirty is its totally
stripped-down presentation and production
values. There's no "plot" or even
an attempt at one, this is simply a long
porno loop: the bed squeaks loudly throughout
the sex scenes; at one point a phone rings
and a helicopter can be heard flying overhead;
and most bizarre is the total lack of a
soundtrack... even the cheesiest 70s
shit would've been a welcome change from
the impossible to understand dialogue offset
by subtitles like "Oh yes, I love it
from behind...deeper..." and a squeaky
bed.
We've all gotten jipped before,
but things like this just drive home the
caveat emptor world of home video.