Tetsuya Takehora | |
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![]() Tetsuya Takehora in 2019 | |
Born | 1974 (age 49–50)
[1]
Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
Occupations | |
Years active | 2004–present |
Tetsuya Takehora (竹洞哲也, Takehora Tetsuya) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Tetsuya Takehora studied at the Japan Academy of Moving Images (日本映画学校), [1] founded by director Shōhei Imamura in 1975 as the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film. [2] He entered the film industry as an assistant director at Ōkura Pictures ( OP Eiga), in which capacity he worked for five years. [3] He made his directorial debut with Peep Show (人妻の秘密 覗き覗かれ) (2004), [4] and won the Best New Director award at the Pink Grand Prix the same year for Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform (美少女図鑑 汚された制服, Bishōjozukan: abusareta seifuku). [5] Takehora's films are generally in a light, erotic-comic vein, and have proven popular with pink film audiences and critics. [3] He was given the Best Director title the following year for Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife (2005), [6] and a four-film career retrospective show at the third annual R18 Love Cinema Showcase held at Tokyo's Theatre PolePole Higashi-Nakano in 2006. [3]
Tetsuya Takehora | |
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![]() Tetsuya Takehora in 2019 | |
Born | 1974 (age 49–50)
[1]
Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
Occupations | |
Years active | 2004–present |
Tetsuya Takehora (竹洞哲也, Takehora Tetsuya) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Tetsuya Takehora studied at the Japan Academy of Moving Images (日本映画学校), [1] founded by director Shōhei Imamura in 1975 as the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film. [2] He entered the film industry as an assistant director at Ōkura Pictures ( OP Eiga), in which capacity he worked for five years. [3] He made his directorial debut with Peep Show (人妻の秘密 覗き覗かれ) (2004), [4] and won the Best New Director award at the Pink Grand Prix the same year for Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform (美少女図鑑 汚された制服, Bishōjozukan: abusareta seifuku). [5] Takehora's films are generally in a light, erotic-comic vein, and have proven popular with pink film audiences and critics. [3] He was given the Best Director title the following year for Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife (2005), [6] and a four-film career retrospective show at the third annual R18 Love Cinema Showcase held at Tokyo's Theatre PolePole Higashi-Nakano in 2006. [3]