SARSI EMMANUELLE, JOSEPHINE MANUEL & SUZANNA LOVE : THE BOATMAN 1985 DIRECTOR'S CUT (NUDITY REVIEW)

NUDITY REVIEW: The Boatman 1985    
Starring: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Josephine Manuel, Leticia Behasa and Suzanna Love

An erstwhile boatman wants to do a little more than paddle his own canoe in the town famed for its waterfalls. He leaves the village of his roots for the city and lands a job as a live-sex actor called toro in street lingo derived from the Spanish term for bull. Quick successes in his newfound profession delude him into regarding that the measure of a man is in his trousers. He has a partner on stage and off. Despite her cynicism and tough veneer, she sees in him a way out of the slums and the red light district.


BONER RATING for Josephine Manuel: 4.2/5 Stars
(Nude: Topless / Small Breasts / Butt / Bush / Pubes)  

BONER RATING for Sarsi Emmanuelle: 4.5/5 Stars
(Nude: Topless / Breasts / Butt / Bush / Pussy) 

BONER RATING for Suzanna Love (Non-Pinay): 2.3/5 Stars
(Nude: Topless/Small Breasts)  


NUDITY RATING: 7.2/10 Stars
In Japan, the euphemistic term for the sex cinema is "pink films" (pinku-eiga) or "roman poruno" (romance pornography). In 1980s, the Philippines produced a somewhat similar sex genre, called "bomba" or bold films, which used female nudity or sex scenes as their selling points. This period coincided with the continuation of martial law under the then President Marcos. Along with slapstick comedies, they served as escapist distractions from the socio-political unrest and repression. The most famous landmark bomba of artistic merit was made 16 years ago. It was Tikoy Aguiluz' Boatman (1984), about the tragedy of a couple who did live sex shows but the film actually highlighted the problems of poverty, repression, and crime in the final years of the corrupt Marcos regime.
(Published in the Singapore International Film Festival 2000 Catalogue)

"One of my all-time top 10 Bomba Films of the 80s. - ZG