Film director Oshima's 1977 trial

Film director Oshima's 1977 trial

TOKYO, Japan, April 10 Kyodo - Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima enters the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 21, 1977, for the first hearing of his trial related to a book on his erotic art film "In the Realm of the Senses." Oshima, along with Kazui Takemura, president of San-Ichi Shobo Publishing Inc., was charged with distributing obscene materials contained in the book, including photographs of sexually explicit scenes from the 1976 film and its script.

Film director Oshima's trial in 1970s

Film director Oshima's trial in 1970s

TOKYO, Japan, April 10 Kyodo - Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 1979, after the Tokyo District Court found him not guilty in his trial related to a book on his erotic art film "In the Realm of the Senses." Oshima, along with Kazui Takemura, president of San-Ichi Shobo Publishing Inc., was charged with distributing obscene materials contained in the book, including photographs of sexually explicit scenes from the 1976 film and its script.

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Tatiana Duran (L) and Japanese Cherry Blossom Queen Erisa Kazui (R) pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11.

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Tatiana Duran (L) and Japanese Cherry Blossom Queen Erisa Kazui (R) pose with Prime Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11 on a courtesy call.

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Tatiana Duran (L) and Japanese Cherry Blossom Queen Erisa Kazui (R) pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11. (Kyodo)

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

U.S., Japanese cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Aso

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Tatiana Duran (L) and Japanese Cherry Blossom Queen Erisa Kazui (R) pose with Prime Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11 on a courtesy call. (Kyodo)