Roman Books

In addition to movie flyers and magazine advertising Nikkatsu also
produced a series of glossy hardbound books called Roman Books.

鮮烈!ロマンポルノ写真集
(Vivid! Romance Pornography Photograph Collection)

The books measured about 6 inches by 8.5 inches. I don’t know how many were produced but I have found covers for 14 volumes. Each book had articles on 13 films. From the sample pages someone posted I’m guessing that each article included a poster, various pictorial spreads and scenes from the film. The tagline “Entertainment for Men” seems like it was copied from Playboy.

Kazuko Shirakawa (白川和子) from 真昼の情事
(Mid-Afternoon Love Affair 1972)


Mari Tanaka (田中真理) from おんな天国 子だね貰います (1972)


Erina Miyai (宮井えりな) from 襲られる (Being Assaulted 1977)




Kazuko Shirakawa (白川和子)from 団地妻・昼下りの情事 
(Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon 1971)


Yuki Nohira (野平ゆき) from 肉体の悪魔 (Devil In the Flesh 1977)


Rie Nakagawa (中川梨絵) from 恍惚の朝 (Morning of Ecstasy 1972)




Yūko Katagiri (片桐夕子) from 宇能鴻一郎の 上と下
(Koichiro Uno's Up and Down 1977)

This is either an alternate cover design or a reissue for Vol. 1 No.7

Hitomi Kozue (梢ひとみ) from OL日記 密漁 (Office Lady Journal: Poaching 1973)




Mariko Hoshi (星まり子) from 女子大生 かりそめの妻 (1974)








Hitomi Kozue (梢ひとみ) from OL日記  ちぎれた愛欲
(Office Lady Journal: Ruined Lust 1974)




Yūko Katagiri (片桐夕子) from 危険な関係 (Dangerous Liaisons 1978)


Kumi Taguchi (田口久美) from 東京エマニエル夫人 個人教授
(Tokyo Emanuelle: Private Lessons 1975)

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