a.k.a. is a

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film director, screenwriter, and

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best known for his work in the '' pink film'' genre. Including

Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the ''pink film'' genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional ''pink film'' audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his ...

Yumi Yoshiyuki is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the ''pink film'' genre. Early life and education Yoshiyuki studied economics at Dokkyo University. Career During her studies at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki deve ...

and

Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top ''pink film'' directors of Ōkura Productions (OP) at the turn of the millennium. Life and career T ...

, Kunizawa is one of the four top directors of Ōkura Productions (OP) at the turn of the millennium, and the only one of the four who did not start out as an actor. Instead, Kunizawa joined the film industry as an assistant director to ''pink film'' pioneer Satoru Kobayashi. He made his directorial debut with (1995). Kunizawa's films have been very popular with ''pink film'' fans, and he has had more than one film in the Top Ten at the

Pink Grand Prix The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film genre. Referred to by Miho Toda as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholar ...

for multiple years. He has also won the Best Director prize twice. '' Irresistable Angel: Suck It All Up'' (2003), for which he won Best Director, is an erotic variation on the ''X-Men'' story.

Top-ten films, Pink Grand Prix

* 1999 7th place (tie): * 1999 7th place (tie): * 2000 3rd place: ''The Bride is Wet on the Wedding Night'' * 2000 5th place (tie): * 2001 8th place: ''Private Lessons: Home Teacher's Breast'' * 2003 4th place: '' Irresistable Angel: Suck It All Up'' * 2003 7th place: * 2005 7th place:

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