Examiner par Musicianmagic

English title: Woods are Wet. In the 1930's a woman is escaping town, after having been accused of killing her Mistress. She is given a ride by another woman that manages a hotel in the mountains and offers to let her stay a few days. It quickly turns out the hotel is run by that woman and her husband who rob and kill people that stay there. They insist she will participate and are keeping her against her will.

The story is loosely based on the Marquise De Sade's novel Justine. This is is a Pink Eiga film but the nudity & sex starts after the first third of the story. Some of the sex scenes are not consensual. There is plenty of sex scenes tho non-explicit thereafter though most are integral to the story & characters. Nudity is almost exclusively breasts. My blue ray at times has large black boxes or blobs to cover any (I think) butts or pubic hair. These can be obnoxious & distracting. Not sure why they're there because in 1973 they wouldn't have filmed anything and the men were almost always wearing underwear during the sex scenes. I don't recommend buying the blue ray because of this.

The acting is very, very good. I will particularly say Rie Nakagawa who plays the wife was outstanding. She always has the right facial expression & body movement for the scene. The script had some creative ideas. The direction was good as most of the film had a good flow where when I thought a fast-forward was needed, they moved on to something new.

I normally need more story to enjoy these movies. Yet I found almost the entire film engaging. Some of the little creative things helped even some slow moving scenes be more interesting. I'd definitely recommend this film for fans of Pink Eiga.