Droppar av honung (Blu-ray)

The atmospheric, tragic and melodramatic story of an ice hockey player who becomes obsessed with a mysterious red-haired woman with a dark secret.

The hockey player Allan has problems with his frigid wife. After a match, he is turned on by the mysterious Eva. After a night of lovemaking, they are separated. Allan eventually ends up at a sex club, where his wife is making out with his best friend. Eva performs in a live sex show, wearing only a pair of enormous swan wings. Allan is enchanted by Eva and begins to desperately search for her.

This is Nikkatsu's profound "Bergman film", with several Ingmar Bergman-like tropes.

Solveig Andersson had roles in Thriller – a Cruel Picture (1973), Eva – the Outcast (1969) and Fear has 1000 eyes (1970). Anette Arvidsson was in Nikkatsu's Blonde Animal (1971),and Joe Sarno's To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa (1968). Peder Kinberg had roles in Sarno's Swedish Wildcats (1972) and Arne Mattsson's Dirty Fingers (1973). Egil Holmsen was an industry veteran, known for his juvenile delinquent films in the 1950s. Director Akira Kato made around 40 films for Nikkatsu from 1971 to 1983.

“Swedish sin” was popular and Sweden could not make enough films to satisfy the Japanese market. The Japanese company Nikkatsu therefore flew a team to Sweden from 1971 to 1973 and shot six films with the slogan "Sweden Poruno", all Japanese fantasies about Swedish sin, played by Swedish actors.

Klubb Super 8's release of Nikkatsu's newly restored films is the first time ever that the films have been shown outside of Japan.

Format: Swedish Blu-Ray

Country/Year: Japan/1973

Director: Akira Kato

Actors: Solveig Andersson, Peder Kinberg, Anette Arvidsson, Hans Christopher (Hans Kumlien), Egil Holmsen, Lena Beckman (Inga-Lill Green), Charlie Elvegård, Kim Anderzon, Lasse Lundberg, Lennart Norbäck, Lasse Westfelt

Regional Code: B / Pal

Languages: Swedish

Subtitles: English/Swedish

Picture Format: 16x9 Widescreen 2.39:1

Length: 98 Minutes

Extras:

• Blonde Animals: Swedish Sin Through the Lens of Nikkatsu Roman Poruno. Video Essay by Johan Nordström

• Solveig Andersson. Video Essay by Rickard Gramfors

• Image and Poster Gallery

• Swedish Sin – Poster Gallery

• Theatrical trailer

• Original Japanese screenplay

• Audio Commentary with Jasper Sharp, Johan Nordström, Rickard Gramfors