Well, it’s been awhile since we shared any 1970s Japanese actress promos, but today seemed like a perfect occasion. Above is roman porno star Terumi Azuma, and it just happens that today is her birthday. Azuma appeared in such films as Niizuma jigoku (Newlywed Hell), Ikenie fujin (Wife To Be Sacrificed), and Ikenie no onna-tachi (Harry and His Geisha Girls). Because it was illegal to show pubic hair in Japan when this photo was made in the mid-1970s, Azuma covers the offending area with her hand. You see this trick over and over in ’70s Japanese promos, and while it never ceases to bemuse, it also makes these shots infinitely better than something more graphic. Not that we’d mind if she moved her hand, but you know what we’re saying. Anyway, Terumi Azuma is fifty-seven years old today.

A while back we shared a pair of wonderfully summery promo images featuring Japanese actress Terumi Azuma, and today we have a poster for one of her films. As usual, no western release means no official English title, but very roughly it’s Get Wet and Stand. That’s not particularly illuminating, we know, but until we see the movie ourselves, that’s all the info we can offer. That and the fact that it was made in 1976 by Nikkatsu Studios as part of its softcore roman porno collection, it’s based on the writings of a novelist who calls himself I. Hong, and it’s a comedy. Speaking of moisture, see below.

Above, two brilliant shots of Japanese actress Terumi Azuma, who debuted in Nikkatsu Studios’ 1974 roman porno flick Ikenie fujin, aka Wife To Be Sacrificed, became one of pinku's first mainstream stars, and built a career in cinema and television that continues today. These images are circa 1975.