a.k.a. Yasui Shūchi is a Japanese director and screenwriter primarily known for his work in ''
pink film
in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equiv ...
s'' but who has also worked in
adult videos
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, sex films, and 18+ films are films that present sexually explicit subject matter in order to arouse and satisfy the viewer. Pornographic films present sexual fantasies and usually include eroticall ...
(AV) and in mainstream film.
Life and career
Kataoka was born in Hokkaido on November 23, 1950.
He studied at the College of Economics at
Kanto Gakuin University but dropped out before graduation.
In the early 1980s he began to work at producer-director
Kan Mukai
Kan or KAN may refer to:
Places
* Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia
* Kan District of Iran
* Kan, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Batken Region
* Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code
* Kannapolis (Amtrak s ...
's
Shishi Productions
Shishi or shi shi may refer to:
People
*Empress Shi ( 23), or Shi Shi (史氏; "Woman Shi")
*Shi Shi (emperor) (339–349), emperor of Later Zhao in 349
*Shi Shi (Taiwanese singer) (Sun Sheng Xi, born 1990)
*Li Shishi (1062–1127), a Chinese cou ...
.
At first he worked as an assistant director for Mukai and
Yōjirō Takita and then released his debut film as a director in 1983, ''Yokoku Bōkō: Yaru! Sasu!'',
the first of a series of action films starring Usagi Asō distributed by the
Toei Company.
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.
Partial filmography
* (1983)
* ''
S&M Hunter
is a 1986 comedy pink film directed by Shuji Kataoka and starring Shiro Shimomoto, Hiromi Saotome and Yutaka Ikejima.
Synopsis
S&M Hunter ( ja, 地獄のローパー Jigoku no Rōpā) is a super genius nawashi whose specialty is tying up women ...
'' (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
Sadomasochism ( ) is the giving and receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation. Practitioners of sadomasochism may seek sexual pleasure from their acts. While the terms sadist and masochist refer ...
'' (SM倫子のおもらし, 1986)
* ''
S&M Hunter Begins
Sadomasochism ( ) is the giving and receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation. Practitioners of sadomasochism may seek sexual pleasure from their acts. While the terms sadist and masochist refer ...
'' (逆さ吊し縛り縄, 1985)
* ''
Subway Serial Rape Series
Subway, Subways, The Subway, or The Subways may refer to:
Transportation
* Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems
* Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle
* Subway (George Bush Intercontin ...
'' (「地下鉄連続レイプ」シリーズ, 1985-1988)
** ''Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting'' (地下鉄連続レイプ 愛人狩り, 1988)
Bibliography
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References
External links
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1950 births
Japanese film directors
Pink film directors
Japanese screenwriters
Living people
People from Asahikawa
Kanto Gakuin University alumni