Flower & Snake (aka Hana To Hebi). by Masayuki Asao (1987). R1 DVD May 31st 2005.

Well, according to IMDB the full title is "Hana to hebi: kyukyoku nawa chokyo" and is not the first or the last in the series of 'Flower And Snake' movies, as the second of the recently revived franchise is coming soon. The first came back in 1974, and including the two recent entries there six of them in total, several of which were in the 1980s. Anyone interested in Pinku movies, which are beginning to get slightly higher-profile USA releases, would want to look into this release more and the few titles in the genre (and its many guises) littered out there already.

MondoErotico has posted a list of upcoming Media Blasters releases and announcements, this one most fitting my taste, which also includes Joe D'Amatos "Porno Holocaust" (1980, no R1 date set), "Images Of A Convent" (1979, on R1 June 14th 2005) for all the nunsploitation fans, the full-length Italian cut of Bruno Matteis' "S S Girls" (1976, on R1 May 31st 2005), and the delayed (and politically incorrectly titled) "Yellow Emanuelle" (1977, no R1 date set), then finally another 1950's Japanese oddity in the shape of "Varan The Unbelievable" (1958, on R1 May 10th 2005).