Takao Nakano
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor who has worked in pink film, adult videos (AV), and in mainstream comedy, horror and fantasy films.
, Japan in 1962. He began working in pink film with the Shintōhō company and in 1991, together with Toshiki Satō
and Toshiya Ueno
, Nakano assembled a conpendium of the best scenes from pink films which was released by Shintōhō as That's Hentai-tainment.
Nakano made his debut as a director with the pink film , also known as Spiral Zone, for Shintōhō in 1992. Nakano won the Best New Director award at the 1992 Pink Grand Prix
ceremony.
Nakano moved into the adult video (AV) scene in 1993 directing two videos for V&R Planning
, and . The next year, Nakano produced the tentacle rape
genre video, ExorSister, the first of a series of four hardcore erotic horror releases. The videos all featured manga
artist Bang Ippongi
as Maria Cruel the ExorSister. The Allmovie site commented on the "cheesy" quality of the shot on video productions. One of the sequels Uratsukidōji: Daiinshin Fukkatsu-hen starred AV Idol
Yumika Hayashi
. Nakano followed this series with the 1996 softcore comedy video featuring topless sumo
wrestling girls including actress Kei Mizutani
. It was later (2001) released with English subtitles. As an actor, Nakano performed in the gay-themed 1997 pink film .
In 1998 Nakano wrote and directed the V-Cinema
release set in the Edo period
and starring actresses Yumi Yoshiyuki
, Yumika Hayashi
and Hotaru Hazuki
. He was also the screenwriter for the 2000 pink film fantasy Whore Angels
which won the Silver Prize for Best Film of the year at the 2000 Pink Grand Prix
ceremony. Nakano's second venture into directing pink film was again for Shintōhō, the May 2002 production . But Nakano's most important contribution to pink film was probably his screenplay for the internationally known The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
which had a significant effect on the making of pink film.
Nakano also continued his career as a pink film actor, appearing in several works directed by Yumi Yoshiyuki
, including the February 2004 Aspiring Home Tutor: Soiled Pure Whiteness
which took the award for Seventh Best Film at the Pink Grand Prix
ceremony and the Pearl Prize at the Pinky Ribbon Awards
and the 2005 Miss Peach: Peachy Sweetness Huge Breasts
which won the fifth Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix
ceremony and the Pinky Ribbon Award as the Best Film of 2005.
In August 2004, he returned to the horror genre, writing and directing the low-budget V-Cinema
, a revision of David Cronenberg
's Shivers
starring Yumi Yoshiyuki
and Sakurako Kaoru
. One review describes it as a "comical, over-the-top" film "that delivers a bizarre storyline that is largely entertaining." The film was a subject of one of the segments of the BBC
documentary Japanorama
.
Nakano has been active in promoting live girl-on-girl wrestling bouts in Tokyo and several of his works have featured wrestling or cat fighting
including the previously mentioned Sumo Vixens and the 2002 video which also starred Kei Mizutani
. He also wrote the screenplay for the wrestling comedy Kabuto-O Beetle
from 2005.
More recently, he wrote and directed the 2009 erotic comedy , a fantasy comedy based on a manga
by Okada Kazuto about a bullied school custodian who becomes a human frog with superhuman powers when he is bitten by a poisonous frog. He also wrote and directed the May 2010 release Big Tits Zombie
featuring AV Idol
Sora Aoi
as a zombie killing stripper.
Nakano was one of several former colleagues who participated in the 2009 documentary by Japanese-Korean director Tetsuaki Matsue on Yumika Hayashi
titled .
Life and career
Nakano was born in OsakaOsaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan in 1962. He began working in pink film with the Shintōhō company and in 1991, together with Toshiki Satō
Toshiki Sato
aka , , and is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Kazuhiro Sano and Hisayasu Satō, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:...
and Toshiya Ueno
Toshiya Ueno
is a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:...
, Nakano assembled a conpendium of the best scenes from pink films which was released by Shintōhō as That's Hentai-tainment.
Nakano made his debut as a director with the pink film , also known as Spiral Zone, for Shintōhō in 1992. Nakano won the Best New Director award at the 1992 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....
ceremony.
Nakano moved into the adult video (AV) scene in 1993 directing two videos for V&R Planning
V&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"...
, and . The next year, Nakano produced the tentacle rape
Tentacle rape
is found in some horror or hentai titles, with tentacled creatures having sexual intercourse with female characters. The genre is popular enough in Japan that its occasionally even the subject of parody. In recent years, Japanese and Asian films of this genre have become more common in the United...
genre video, ExorSister, the first of a series of four hardcore erotic horror releases. The videos all featured manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
artist Bang Ippongi
Ippongi Bang
Ippongi Bang is a multimedia and manga artist, born January 4, 1965 in Yokohama City, Japan. She has been called "one of the most well-known manga artists in America in the mid-1990s."-Life and career:...
as Maria Cruel the ExorSister. The Allmovie site commented on the "cheesy" quality of the shot on video productions. One of the sequels Uratsukidōji: Daiinshin Fukkatsu-hen starred AV Idol
AV Idol
An AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...
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...
. Nakano followed this series with the 1996 softcore comedy video featuring topless sumo
Sumo
is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...
wrestling girls including actress Kei Mizutani
Kei Mizutani
is a Japanese adult film actress. She has appeared in multiple photo books, movies, and TV series in Japan and her DVD sets are popular in Japan, the United States, and Europe.-Career:...
. It was later (2001) released with English subtitles. As an actor, Nakano performed in the gay-themed 1997 pink film .
In 1998 Nakano wrote and directed the 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...
release set in the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
and starring actresses Yumi Yoshiyuki
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...
, 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...
and Hotaru Hazuki
Hotaru Hazuki
is a Japanese actress known for her work on the stage and in pink films. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given "Best Actress" awards at the Pink Grand Prix for her work in this genre two years in a row: in 1995 and 1996...
. He was also the screenwriter for the 2000 pink film fantasy Whore Angels
Whore Angels
, aka , and , is a 2000 Japanese pink film fantasy directed by Mototsugu Watanabe. It won the Silver Prize at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.-Synopsis:...
which won the Silver Prize for Best Film of the year at the 2000 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....
ceremony. Nakano's second venture into directing pink film was again for Shintōhō, the May 2002 production . But Nakano's most important contribution to pink film was probably his screenplay for the internationally known The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
began life as a pink film, the durable Japanese soft-core genre, with the title but it developed into a cult hit and the producers allowed director Mitsuru Meike to expand it into its present form...
which had a significant effect on the making of pink film.
Nakano also continued his career as a pink film actor, appearing in several works directed by Yumi Yoshiyuki
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...
, including the February 2004 Aspiring Home Tutor: Soiled Pure Whiteness
Aspiring Home Tutor: Soiled Pure Whiteness
is a 2004 Japanese pink film written and directed by Yumi Yoshiyuki, who also acted in a leading role. Yoshiyuki filmed Aspiring Home Tutor: Soiled Pure Whiteness for her own Office Yoshiyuki production company, and it was released theatrically in Japan by OP Eiga on February 10, 2004. The film was...
which took the award for Seventh Best Film 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....
ceremony and the Pearl Prize at the Pinky Ribbon Awards
Pinky Ribbon Awards
The are a Japanese cinema awards ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film genre. The award is held by , a Kansai region paper covering the pink film industry. Readers of the paper elect the winners of the awards, which have been held annually since 2004. Honors go to the best three...
and the 2005 Miss Peach: Peachy Sweetness Huge Breasts
Miss Peach: Peachy Sweetness Huge Breasts
is a 2005 Japanese Pink film directed by Yumi Yoshiyuki. It was chosen as the fifth Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony where Kiichi Katō was also awarded for Best Music. The Pinky Ribbon Award chose the film as the Best Film of the year....
which won the fifth Best Film of the year 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....
ceremony and the Pinky Ribbon Award as the Best Film of 2005.
In August 2004, he returned to the horror genre, writing and directing the low-budget 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...
, a revision of David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the...
's Shivers
Shivers (film)
Shivers is a 1975 Canadian body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. Cronenberg won "Best Director" at the 1975 Sitges Film Festival.-Plot:Dr...
starring Yumi Yoshiyuki
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...
and Sakurako Kaoru
Sakurako Kaoru
is a Japanese gravure model, AV idol and pink film actress. First coming to prominence as an award-winning AV actress, Kaoru successfully made the transition to the theatrically released softcore pink film genre...
. One review describes it as a "comical, over-the-top" film "that delivers a bizarre storyline that is largely entertaining." The film was a subject of one of the segments of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
documentary Japanorama
Japanorama
Japanorama was a series of documentaries presented by Jonathan Ross, exploring various facets of popular culture and trends of modern-day Japan....
.
Nakano has been active in promoting live girl-on-girl wrestling bouts in Tokyo and several of his works have featured wrestling or cat fighting
Catfight
Catfight is a term for an altercation between two women, typically involving scratching, slapping, hair-pulling, and shirt-shredding as opposed to punching or wrestling . However, the term is not exclusively used to indicate a fight between women, and many formal definitions do not invoke gender...
including the previously mentioned Sumo Vixens and the 2002 video which also starred Kei Mizutani
Kei Mizutani
is a Japanese adult film actress. She has appeared in multiple photo books, movies, and TV series in Japan and her DVD sets are popular in Japan, the United States, and Europe.-Career:...
. He also wrote the screenplay for the wrestling comedy Kabuto-O Beetle
Kabuto-O Beetle
translated as Beetle, the Horn King is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Minoru Kawasaki. The film, from an original story by Go Nagai and a screenplay by Takao Nakano, is based on the character of the same name created by Nagai for Osaka Pro-Wrestling .-External links:* official website* at...
from 2005.
More recently, he wrote and directed the 2009 erotic comedy , a fantasy comedy based on a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
by Okada Kazuto about a bullied school custodian who becomes a human frog with superhuman powers when he is bitten by a poisonous frog. He also wrote and directed the May 2010 release Big Tits Zombie
Big Tits Zombie
is a 2010 Japanese fantasy-horror film. It was adapted from the manga Kyonyū Dragon by Rei Mikamoto, and stars several known faces from Japan's adult movie industry, most notably Sora Aoi. It is directed by Japanese cult satirist Takao Nakano and much of the action is shot in 3D...
featuring AV Idol
AV Idol
An AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...
Sora Aoi
Sora Aoi
is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.- Early life :...
as a zombie killing stripper.
Nakano was one of several former colleagues who participated in the 2009 documentary by Japanese-Korean director Tetsuaki Matsue on 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...
titled .
Director
- Super Extreme Real Performance: Stupefaction (1992)
- The Playgirls (1993)
- The Playgirls 2 (1993)
- Shogun's Secret Harem (1998)
- Playgirl 7: Most Extreme Bawdy Games (2002)
- Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy (2004)
- Hop Step Jump! (2009)
- Big Tits ZombieBig Tits Zombieis a 2010 Japanese fantasy-horror film. It was adapted from the manga Kyonyū Dragon by Rei Mikamoto, and stars several known faces from Japan's adult movie industry, most notably Sora Aoi. It is directed by Japanese cult satirist Takao Nakano and much of the action is shot in 3D...
(2010)