Sexy Partners (いろの道づれ, Iro no Michizure) aka Companions of Love and Lustful Companions is a 1967 Japanese pink film directed by Kan Mukai. It was the first pink film to use S&M as a main theme.
^ "いろの道づれ" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "LUSTFUL COMPANIONS (1967)". Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 257–258. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
^ "IRO NO MICHIZURE". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-03-29.Synopsis
Tomoko suffers at the hand of her husband, Arakawa, who practises sadistic sex with her and various other women. After Arakawa dies suddenly, Tomoko is at first relieved, but then discovers that she is incapable of enjoying sex unless she is in a masochistic position.