Tetsuya Takehora

Tetsuya Takehora (竹洞哲也, Takehora Tetsuya) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Tetsuya Takehora
Tetsuya Takehora in 2019
Born1974 (age 48–49)[1]
Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
Years active2004–present

Life and career

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 Pole-Pole Higashi Nakano in 2006.[3]

Award-winning films

"Ten Best" films, Pink Grand Prix
  • 2004 9th place: Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform (美少女図鑑　汚された制服, Bishōjozukan: abusareta seifuku)
  • 2005 4th place: Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife (欲情ヒッチハイク　求めた人妻, Yokujō hitchihaiku: motometa hitozuma)
  • 2005 Honorable Mention: 援交性態ルポ　乱れた性欲
  • 2006 1st place: Fascinating Young Hostess: Sexy Thighs (悩殺若女将　色っぽい腰つき, Nōsatsu waka-okami: iroppoi koshitsuki)
  • 2006 2nd place: Miss Hotel Call Girl: Healing Induction (ホテトル嬢　癒しの手ほどき, Hoterujō iyashi no te hodoki)
  • 2007 9th place (tie): The Sticky Taste of a Peach-Skinned Proprietess (桃肌女将のねばり味, Momo hada okami no nebari aji)
  • 2008 3rd place: Impure Uniform: Writhing Thighs (不純な制服　悶えた太もも, Fujunna Seifuku: Modaeta Futomomo)
  • 2008 9th place: Molester's Train: Melody of Wriggling Fingers (痴漢電車　うごめく指のメロディ, Chikan Densha: Ugomeku Yubi no Merodi)
  • 2009 8th place: Cousin White Paper: Aching Mature Lewdness (いとこ白書　うずく淫乱熱, Itoko Hakusho: Uzuku Inran Netsu)

Pinky Ribbon Awards
  • 2006 Gold Prize: Fascinating Young Hostess: Sexy Thighs (悩殺若女将 色っぽい腰つき, Nōsatsu waka-okami: iroppoi koshitsuki)

Bibliography

English
  • Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. pp. 331–332, 362. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.

Japanese

References
  1. 竹洞哲也（監督）×小松公典（脚本）×サーモン鮭山 (in Japanese). intro.ne.jp (Creators Movie Magazine). Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  2. "沿革 (History)" (in Japanese). Japan Academy of Moving Images. Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  3. Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
  4. "Pink Films History" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  5. "Best Ten of 2004 (２００４年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  6. ２００５年度ベストテン [Best Ten of 2005] (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
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