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Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip
Movie

Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip

1975 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

Akira and Hiroshi are two lowlives who work at a pachinko parlour. Hiroshi is a ladies' man but always loses at pachinko. Akira is a virgin at 25 but always wins. Hiroshi tries to get Akira laid with little success but things change when Akira is informed of a 88 million yen inheritance. But only if he can get married.

Overall Series Review

This 1975 Japanese Roman Porno film centers on a purely transactional and base premise. The narrative follows two low-life men, Akira and Hiroshi, whose primary concerns are gambling, sex, and an inheritance contingent on marriage. The conflict is entirely personal and monetary, dealing with the characters' struggle for immediate gratification and financial gain rather than any grand social or political message. The film functions as a localized social satire, observing a seedy subculture of pachinko parlors and exploitation without aspiring to a philosophical critique of civilization or promoting a politically charged worldview. It is a product of its time and genre, focusing on traditional, albeit sordid, gender and sexual dynamics.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Characters are defined by their personal qualities as low-lives, a ladies’ man, or a virgin, not by racial or intersectional characteristics. The conflict is transactional, focusing on money and marriage. The setting is culturally authentic without any attempt at forced diversity or vilification of other groups.

Oikophobia2/10

The film satirizes or critiques a small, seedy subculture of low-lives in modern Japan. This focus on local, contemporary degeneracy does not translate into a broader hostility toward Western civilization, the nation’s ancestors, or a promotion of the 'Noble Savage' trope.

Feminism2/10

The core plot is male-centric: a man needs to acquire a wife to fulfill a financial condition. Women are central to the plot as the means to a male goal, which is the antithesis of the 'Girl Boss' narrative. The required marriage structure is fundamentally pro-family (even if transactional), countering an anti-natalist message.

LGBTQ+1/10

The story is fundamentally focused on a low-life man needing a wife to satisfy an inheritance condition, making the traditional male-female pairing the normative structure of the plot. There is no presence of sexual ideology lecturing or centering alternative sexualities as a political statement.

Anti-Theism2/10

The characters are depicted as morally low-class 'lowlives' whose pursuits are entirely secular and self-interested. While their lives suggest moral subjectivism through their actions, the narrative does not contain any explicit religious or anti-theist lecturing, nor are religious figures targeted as bigots or villains.