Tetsuya Takehora
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is a Japanese film director
and screenwriter
.
in 1975 as the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film. He entered the film industry as an assistant director at Ōkura Pictures (OP Eiga
), in which capacity he worked for five years. He made his directorial debut with (2004), and won the Best New Director award at the Pink Grand Prix
the same year for . Takehora's films are generally in a light, erotic-comic vein, and have proven popular with pink film audiences and critics. He was given the Best Director title the following year for Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife
(2005), and a four-film career retrospective show at the third annual R18 Love Cinema Showcase held at Tokyo's Theatre Pole-Pole Higashi Nakano in 2006.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
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:...
.
Life and career
Tetsuya Takehora studied at the , founded by director Shōhei ImamuraShohei Imamura
was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards.His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's filmsThe Eel , Dr...
in 1975 as the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film. He entered the film industry as an assistant director at Ōkura Pictures (OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...
), in which capacity he worked for five years. He made his directorial debut with (2004), and won the Best New Director award 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....
the same year for . Takehora's films are generally in a light, erotic-comic vein, and have proven popular with pink film audiences and critics. He was given the Best Director title the following year for Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife
Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife
aka is a 2005 Japanese pink film directed by Tetsuya Takehora. It won the fourth Best Film award at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony, and Takehora was given the Best Director award and Kiminori Komatsu the Best Screenplay award for their work in this film...
(2005), and a four-film career retrospective show at the third annual R18 Love Cinema Showcase held at Tokyo's Theatre Pole-Pole Higashi Nakano in 2006.
"Ten Best" films, Pink Grand Prix
- 2004 9th place:
- 2005 4th place:
- 2005 Honorable Mention:
- 2006 1st place:
- 2006 2nd place:
- 2007 9th place (tie):
- 2008 3rd place:
- 2008 9th place:
- 2009 8th place:
Pinky Ribbon Awards
- 2006 Gold Prize: