Nurse Diary: Wicked Finger (1970) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Shinichi Shiratori
Starring: Etsuko Hara, Asami Ogawa, Hiroshi Unayama
Rated: UR/Region: 1/2:35/Number of disc: 1
Available from Impulse Pictures
Ryoko (Etsuko Hara) leaves the chaos of her dorm for the peace and quiet of her own place because she wants to keep her relationship with a doctor at Murata Hospital a secret. Unfortunately, that privacy is short-lived as she discovers a “peeping tom” next door neighbor that spies on her all the time. When the doctor’s wife learns of the affair, poor Ryoko gets caught in a web of jilted lovers, frisky lesbians, slapstick sexual assault and embarrassing incidents with household appliances.
Here we have a story of a lady trying to keep a love secret with peeping toms and such around here in what would be the first of a trilogy of naughty nurse films. While things might seem simple enough we get some very interesting plot twist and turns into some very crazy twisted turns for the film. Toss in some lesbians and some very strange characters and you can’t help, but to appreciate something this weird and off the wall. Still, as playful as the film attempts to be I am not sure everything really worked for me as it isn’t one of my favorites of this Impulse series, but I can see where some might enjoy it more.
This movie seemed to try to be funny in a lot of areas on top of all the weird twists and turns, but I just don’t think it worked with me that well due to me not really finding it funny. We still have hot naked women, so if that is all you want, then you will be very pleased when it comes to that part of the movie. To sum things up, it does have its moments. I just don’t think outside the normal erotic stuff it has enough moments.
– Newly Translated Removable English Subtitles
– Original Theatrical Trailer
– Liner Notes from Japanese Film Scholar Jasper Sharp
