Company Matsuo
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is an innovative Japanese adult video (AV) director, producer and entrepreneur. He is credited with popularizing the Japanese porn genre of "hamedori" where the director/actor performs sexually with the actress and also films the action. He has been called "a master of shooting pornography with amateurs".
. His nickname "Company" goes back to his junior high school days when he sold box lunches to his fellow students and became known as "Company". He was interested in a TV career from his high school days and after finishing technical college he joined a music TV company. When the company went bankrupt a friend talked to him about the AV industry.
which had just started up in 1986. The company was small and when Matsuo joined the firm in 1988, he was only the fourth employee. He started as an Assistant but began making his own films by 1989.
V&R Planning didn't only make AV - founder Kaoru Adachi
was interested in death videos and V&R distributed the Japanese versions of the US Faces of Death
as Janku or Junk. About 1989, the company sent Matsuo and a cameraman to Brazil to film death scenes for V&R's continuation of the Junk series. He spent two weeks in Rio de Janeiro
listening to police radio with local newsmen and filming accidents and murder scenes.
Matsuo's first films for V&R were dramas but he started working in the documentary hamedori style in 1991. Matsuo says that it was Yumika Hayashi
, an AV actress at V&R at the time, who was the indirect cause of his switch to hamedori. He was having a love affair with Hayashi but the films he directed with her used professional AV actors. He felt that the more intimate hamedori technique could allow both him and the actress to show true emotion. His technique was to use amateurs, travel to their hometowns, and talk to them extensively on camera to get them to open up before any sex scenes started. His collaboration in hamedori videos with Reiko Miyazaki , who started out as an amateur at V&R, made the director and actress well-known.
While at V&R Planning, from 1996 Matsuo also directed videos for other studios including h.m.p.
, Alice Japan
and Cosmos Plan. Matsuo left V&R Planning amicably in 2004 to pursue other projects.
In late 2008 and early 2009, h.m.p.
issued a set of three 4-hour retrospective DVDs chronicling Matsuo's work with amateur actresses at that company. The DVDs, entitled Best Works of Company Matsuo 4 Hours (カンパニー松尾 全仕事4時間) Volumes 1, 2 & 3, were released with the thinner censorship mosaic used in newer videos.
In 2009, Matsuo appeared in a documentary by Japanese-Korean director Tetsuaki Matsue titled on Matsuo's former colleague and lover Yumika Hayashi
who died in 2005 Matsuo had previously produced Matsue's 2004 documentary Identity about zainichi, ethnic Koreans living in Japan.
As part of the celebration of Shelly Fujii
's three year anniversary with KMP in November 2011, Matsuo directed one of the 4 sections of her video, Shelly Fujii 3rd Anniversary - 4 Performances With 4 Different Directors, along with K*WEST, Takuan & Hideto Aki
.
Life and career
Matsuo was born June 29, 1966 in Aichi PrefectureAichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
. His nickname "Company" goes back to his junior high school days when he sold box lunches to his fellow students and became known as "Company". He was interested in a TV career from his high school days and after finishing technical college he joined a music TV company. When the company went bankrupt a friend talked to him about the AV industry.
V&R Planning
Matsuo's first job in AV was with V&R PlanningV&R Planning
is a Japanese film production and distribution company based in Tokyo which specializes in adult videos .-Company information:V&R Planning was founded in April 1986 by Kaoru Adachi who had previously worked in TV, mostly as an import agent. The V&R stands for "Visual and Retail"...
which had just started up in 1986. The company was small and when Matsuo joined the firm in 1988, he was only the fourth employee. He started as an Assistant but began making his own films by 1989.
V&R Planning didn't only make AV - founder Kaoru Adachi
Kaoru Adachi
is a Japanese film director, producer and editor, and founder of the Japanese documentary and adult video studio V&R Planning.-Life and career:Kaoru Adachi was born in Tokyo on January 27, 1956...
was interested in death videos and V&R distributed the Japanese versions of the US Faces of Death
Faces of Death
Faces of Death is a 1978 mondo film which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to die and violent acts....
as Janku or Junk. About 1989, the company sent Matsuo and a cameraman to Brazil to film death scenes for V&R's continuation of the Junk series. He spent two weeks in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
listening to police radio with local newsmen and filming accidents and murder scenes.
Matsuo's first films for V&R were dramas but he started working in the documentary hamedori style in 1991. Matsuo says that it was Yumika Hayashi
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...
, an AV actress at V&R at the time, who was the indirect cause of his switch to hamedori. He was having a love affair with Hayashi but the films he directed with her used professional AV actors. He felt that the more intimate hamedori technique could allow both him and the actress to show true emotion. His technique was to use amateurs, travel to their hometowns, and talk to them extensively on camera to get them to open up before any sex scenes started. His collaboration in hamedori videos with Reiko Miyazaki , who started out as an amateur at V&R, made the director and actress well-known.
While at V&R Planning, from 1996 Matsuo also directed videos for other studios including h.m.p.
H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...
, Alice Japan
Alice Japan
was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with...
and Cosmos Plan. Matsuo left V&R Planning amicably in 2004 to pursue other projects.
HMJM
In May 2003, Matsuo and others, including cameraman Yoshikazu Hamada, founded a new AV company, Hamada Shashin Jimusho (Hamada Picture Office), shortened to Hamajim, and now mostly called HMJM. Since 2004 Matsuo has not only directed for HMJM but has also worked at other studios including Dream Ticket, Dogma and Big Morkal.In late 2008 and early 2009, h.m.p.
H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...
issued a set of three 4-hour retrospective DVDs chronicling Matsuo's work with amateur actresses at that company. The DVDs, entitled Best Works of Company Matsuo 4 Hours (カンパニー松尾 全仕事4時間) Volumes 1, 2 & 3, were released with the thinner censorship mosaic used in newer videos.
In 2009, Matsuo appeared in a documentary by Japanese-Korean director Tetsuaki Matsue titled on Matsuo's former colleague and lover Yumika Hayashi
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...
who died in 2005 Matsuo had previously produced Matsue's 2004 documentary Identity about zainichi, ethnic Koreans living in Japan.
As part of the celebration of Shelly Fujii
Shelly Fujii
-Life and career:Fujii was born on February 18, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of a Japanese mother and an American father. The stage name "Fujii" was chosen for her resemblance to singer Lena Fujii...
's three year anniversary with KMP in November 2011, Matsuo directed one of the 4 sections of her video, Shelly Fujii 3rd Anniversary - 4 Performances With 4 Different Directors, along with K*WEST, Takuan & Hideto Aki
Hideto Aki
is a Japanese adult video director who has directed more than 300 movies since 1998.-Life and career:Hideto Aki was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1970. He tells how AV Idol Hitomi Kobayashi came to his neighborhood video rental shop when he was 17 and he shook hands with her and more than...
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Awards
AV Grand Prix- 2008 Best Amateur Video: Final Mariko (まり子 ファイナル)
- 2008 Press Award - (Tied): Final Mariko (まり子 ファイナル)
- 2009 Press Award: The Sex Cannon Ball Ride 2009 (テレクラキャノンボール2009 賞品はまり子*Gカップ)