Shūji Kataoka
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aka Yasui Shūchi is Japanese Pink film director and screenwriter
. He was born in Hokkaido on November 23, 1950. He studied at Kanto Gakuin University
, but dropped out before graduation in order to work at producer-director Kan Mukai
's Shishi Productions. At Shishi he worked under Mukai and Yōjirō Takita
. Kataoka's first pink film, Yokoku Bōkō: Yaru! Sasu! was released in 1983. Since then he has made many action pink films, and has gone on to direct mainstream movies and V-Cinema
. At the Pink Grand Prix
for 1988 Kataoka's Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting
was awarded Best Film, and Kataoka was given the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He was born in Hokkaido on November 23, 1950. He studied at Kanto Gakuin University
Kanto Gakuin University
is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The school's official English name is Mabie Memorial School.-History:It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by Albert Arnold Bennett, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, in...
, but dropped out before graduation in order to work at producer-director Kan Mukai
Kan Mukai
aka Hiroshi Mukai and was a Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter, known for his pioneering work in the pink film genre...
's Shishi Productions. At Shishi he worked under Mukai and Yōjirō Takita
Yojiro Takita
Yōjirō Takita , is a Japanese filmmaker.-Career:Yōjirō Takita entered the film industry throughMukai Productions, where he served as an assistant director...
. Kataoka's first pink film, Yokoku Bōkō: Yaru! Sasu! was released in 1983. Since then he has made many action pink films, and has gone on to direct mainstream movies and V-Cinema
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...
. At the Pink Grand Prix
Pink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....
for 1988 Kataoka's Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting
Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting
is a 1988 Japanese pink film written and directed by Shūji Kataoka. It was named the Best Film at the first Pink Grand Prix ceremony.-Synopsis:Tomoko, a newscaster, decides to do a series of stories on rapes in subways...
was awarded Best Film, and Kataoka was given the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Partial filmography
- S&M HunterS&M Hunteris Japanese pink film directed by Shuji Kataoka and starring Shiro Shimomoto, Hiromi Saotome and Yutaka Ikejima. This film was shown in February 1986 for the first time in Japan. The U.S premiere is September 2008 in Austin Fantastic Fest. The second appearance of this film in the U.S. is at San...
(地獄のローパー、緊縛・SM・18才(SMクレーン、宙吊り), 1986) - S&M Hunter - Legend of Yakuza （SM倫子のおもらし, 1986)
- S&M Hunter Begins (逆さ吊し縛り縄, 1985)
- Subway Serial Rape Series (「地下鉄連続レイプ」シリーズ, 1985-1988)
- Subway Serial Rape: Lover HuntingSubway Serial Rape: Lover Huntingis a 1988 Japanese pink film written and directed by Shūji Kataoka. It was named the Best Film at the first Pink Grand Prix ceremony.-Synopsis:Tomoko, a newscaster, decides to do a series of stories on rapes in subways...
(地下鉄連続レイプ 愛人狩り, 1988)
- Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting