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ピンク映画 (ピンクえいが) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ピンク映えい画が

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Meanings

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noun

pink film; softcore porn movie

A Japanese film genre of low-budget, softcore pornographic movies, especially from the 1960s–80s. Often abbreviated as ピンク.

See also: ピンク

彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、ピンク映えい画がの監かん督とくとして名なを馳はせた。
In his youth, he made a name for himself as a director of pink films.

この映えい画が館かんでは、毎まい週しゅう金きん曜よう日びにピンク映えい画がの特とく集しゅうを組くんでいる。

This theater programs a pink film retrospective every Friday.

Kanji

映reflect, reflection, projection
画brush-stroke, picture

Similar words

ピンク
ピンク alone can mean 'pink' (color) or, in context, refer to the pink film genre. ピンク映画 is the full, unambiguous term.
成せい人じん映えい画が
成人映画 is a broader term for adult films, while ピンク映画 specifically refers to the Japanese softcore genre with its own history and conventions.

Etymology

From ピンク (pink, from English) + 映画 (movie). The term 'pink film' emerged in the 1960s as a euphemistic label for softcore pornographic movies, possibly influenced by the use of 'pink' to suggest eroticism.