If you loved The Woman with Red Hair, try Ecstasy of the Black Rose

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Woman with Red Hair, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Ecstasy of the Black Rose is

Pink film meets blaxploitation when a director swaps his pregnant lead for the anonymous black woman whose orgasm he taped at a dental exam. The replacement voice doesn’t match the archival moans, so he leans into the mismatch. A fifties-era exploitation pivot on identity and audio error.

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