Two in the Pinku

"Homocula" & "Twilight Dinner" (Vampires in Pink Film)

Dig into two pink films with vampires. Who knew vampires made us gay? At least we'll live forever. We cover: * Homocula Like White Blood, Aim for the Eyes! (1986, Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/homocula-likes-white-blood-aim-for-the-eyes/]), a gay spoof of Dracula for ENK Promotion. * Twilight Dinner (1998, Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/twilight-dinner/]), a blood-soaked mood piece directed by "Mr. Pink" Yutaka Ikejima.  * Available on Tubi (44 minute cut [https://tubitv.com/movies/100001158/twilight-dinner]) and Midnight Pulp (in full [https://www.midnightpulp.com/details/646c5ddac3b0ca746d5ed504/twilight-dinner]). Catch us: * Los Angeles: we will intro the Lustmord & Kyrie Eleison screening [https://www.whammyanalog.com/events/a-hisayasu-sato-double-feature-lustmord-1987-kyrie-eleison-1993] at WHAMMY! Analog Media on May 30. * Dakota's booklet essay for Macabre [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/macabre] * Dakota's video essay for Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/come-back-to-the-5-dime-jimmy-dean-jimmy-dean?_pos=4&_sid=57fa8e8f3&_ss=r] Follow us on: * Two in the Pinku [https://www.instagram.com/twointhepinku/](Instagram) * Instagram: Dakota [https://www.instagram.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://www.instagram.com/caver83/] * Letterboxd: Dakota [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://letterboxd.com/caver83/] * Contact: twointhepinku@gmail.com

Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands & Gushing Prayer

Get classy! We cover 2 early pink films: Inflatable Sex Doll of Wastelands (1967) and Gushing Prayer (1971). These Kokuei films embody the artistic ambitions of the genre and are strongly recommended. Broken men and beautiful dolls. Blu-ray releases: * Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands [https://diabolikdvd.com/product/inflatable-sex-doll-of-the-wasteland-standard-deaf-crocodile-blu-ray-preorder/] (from Deaf Crocodile, standard edition) * Gushing Prayer [https://www.terror-vision.com/store/p/gushing-prayer-1971-blu-ray] (Terror Vision) Catch us: * Brother Belial has the Sweden Poruno box-set [https://brotherbelial.com/products/nikkatsu-sweden-poruno-klubb-super-8-6-disc-box-set-blu-ray-region-free-one-per-person], which includes our 2 video essays. * Chris' Bunny Yeager Video Essay (Kino Lorber [http://kinolorber.com/product/bunny-yeager-s-nude-camera-nude-las-vegas-kino-cult-49] or DiabolikDVD [https://diabolikdvd.com/product/bunny-yeagers-nude-camera-nude-las-vegas-kino-blu-ray-preorder-copy/]). * Dakota's audio commentary for Looking for an Angel (Kani Releasing [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/looking-for-an-angel]) * Dakota's video intro for Kyrie Eleison on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2EFw2V0nM] We recommend: * r/pinkueiga [https://www.reddit.com/r/pinkueiga/] (for the Reddit users) Follow us on: * Two in the Pinku [https://www.instagram.com/twointhepinku/](Instagram) * Instagram: Dakota [https://www.instagram.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://www.instagram.com/caver83/] * Letterboxd: Dakota [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://letterboxd.com/caver83/] * Contact: twointhepinku@gmail.com

Nikkatsu Roman X: Hitomi Kobayashi Double Petting

We did it! We found the last Nikkatsu Roman X to watch. This marks our final (of 63) films we've seen. Truly no fitting way to end Roman X: as a re-branded AV, starring the Queen herself, Hitomi Kobayashi.  * Hitomi Kobayashi vs. Rei Takasugi: Double Petting (Kobayashi Hitomi vs Takasugi Rei: Daburupettingu). Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/kobayashi-hitomi-vs-takasugi-rei-daburupettingu/], 1987.  * Nikkatsu “Roman X” [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/list/nikkatsu-roman-x/] (Letterboxd list) * Nikkatsu “Live Shooting Series" [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/list/nikkatsu-live-shooting-series/] (Letterboxd list) Catch us: * Chris' Video Essay on Bunny Yeager [https://kinolorber.com/product/bunny-yeager-s-nude-camera-nude-las-vegas-kino-cult-49?srsltid=AfmBOoqDDPz353NpHr_GVZqsUX51tf4EDYDalyeWLyUXynQk1sMK6_gI] (Kino Lorber / Kino Cult). * Dakota's Essay on the Roman X, Mania: House of Cards [https://asianmoviepulse.com/2026/03/mania-house-of-cards-1986/] (Asian Movie Pulse). * Our two video essays on the Sweden Poruno box-set, now on DiabolikDVD [https://diabolikdvd.com/product/klubb-super-8-nikkatsu-6-blu-ray-boxset-blu-ray-all-region/]. * Or individual films: Blonde Animal [https://diabolikdvd.com/product/blonde-animal-det-blonda-djuret-klubb-super-8-nikkatsu-blu-ray-all-region/] and Desire: First Sex Experience [https://diabolikdvd.com/product/desire-first-sex-experience-oskuldens-atra-klubb-super-8-nikkatsu-blu-ray-all-region/] * Chicago: April 23 (Davis Theater) Kyrie Eleison screening [https://davistheater.com/film-series/digital-restoration/]. Dakota has a video intro! Follow us on: * Two in the Pinku [https://www.instagram.com/twointhepinku/](Instagram) * Instagram: Dakota [https://www.instagram.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://www.instagram.com/caver83/] * Letterboxd: Dakota [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://letterboxd.com/caver83/] * Contact: twointhepinku@gmail.com

"The Scent of Ice Cream" & "The Man Who Came From the Sea" (Gay Pinku)

We cover 2 gay pink films from ENK Promotion. Both 1991 films are stuck on VHS. * Ice Cream No Kahori [https://letterboxd.com/film/ice-cream-no-kahori/] ("The Scent of Ice Cream") * Umi kara kita otoko [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-man-from-the-sea-1991/] ("The Man Who Came from the Sea") Catch us on: * Dakota's audio commentary for Looking for an Angel [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/looking-for-an-angel](Kani) * Chris' video essay for Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera [https://kinolorber.com/product/bunny-yeager-s-nude-camera-nude-las-vegas-kino-cult-49] (Kino Cult) * Our video essay for Blonde Animal [https://klubbsuper8.com/en/article.php?art=223581527] (Klubb Super 8) * Our appearance on Dead Formats, discussing Red Account 2 (Podbean [https://deadformats.podbean.com/e/red-account-2-dirty-play-in-a-closed-room-hotel-lady-murder-case-1988-with-two-in-the-pinku/]) * Dakota's essay on Banmei Takahashi's Seraphim Night [https://inreviewonline.com/2026/03/10/gender-the-final-frontier-seraphim-night/] (In Review Online) We recommend: * Nun in Rope Hell from New Wave Video [https://newwavevideo.myshopify.com/products/nun-in-rope-hell-blu-ray] (also at DiabolikDVD [https://diabolikdvd.com/product/nun-in-rope-hell-le-slipcover-new-wave-video-blu-ray-all-region-preorder/]). VHS: * The Scent of Ice Cream (Cinepo [https://cinepo.com/html/1001.html]) * The Man Who Came from the Sea (Cinepo [https://cinepo.com/html/1009.html]) Follow us on: * Two in the Pinku [https://www.instagram.com/twointhepinku/](Instagram) * Instagram: Dakota [https://www.instagram.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://www.instagram.com/caver83/] * Letterboxd: Dakota [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://letterboxd.com/caver83/] * Contact: twointhepinku@gmail.com

The Films of Hisayasu Satô: Volume #2 - An Aria on Gazes / Love - Zero = Infinity

Get your sunglasses ready for "The Films of Hisayasu Satô: Volume #2 - An Aria on Gazes / Love - Zero = Infinity", out now from Vinegar Syndrome [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the-films-of-hisayasu-sato-volume-2-an-aria-on-gazes-love-zero-infinity] & Melusine [https://melusine.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-films-of-hisayasu-sato-volume-2-an-aria-on-gazes-love-zero-infinity].  Catch us on: * Our video essay "Queer Nikkatsu" on the Klubb Super 8 Blu-ray for "Desire: First Sex Experience [https://super8.merchants.se/en/article.php?art=223384437]." * Or, get the box set with all the series. [https://super8.merchants.se/en/article.php?art=223302771] * Dakota's Essay for "Kyrie Eleison" on Vol. 3 [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the-films-of-hisayasu-sato-volume-3-kyrie-eleison-rafureshia-turtle-vision?_pos=1&_sid=f8b1d1bda&_ss=r] Non-pinku recs: * "Bye Bye Love" [https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/bye-bye-love?_pos=1&_sid=877590c97&_ss=r] from Kani, featuring pink actors in an underseen queer classic * Pre-order "The Sexploiters" & "Raw Love" from Kinocult [https://kinolorber.com/product/the-sexploiters-raw-love-kino-cult-46?srsltid=AfmBOoqc82lmw3OspKGIp4Ik9SZZd2mdnpSkCyf9wKZtboQj3OWj1Ufa], with commentaries by The Sin Syndicate Follow us on: * Two in the Pinku [https://www.instagram.com/twointhepinku/](Instagram) * Instagram: Dakota [https://www.instagram.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://www.instagram.com/caver83/] * Letterboxd: Dakota [https://letterboxd.com/dakotanoot/] and Chris [https://letterboxd.com/caver83/] * Contact: twointhepinku@gmail.com