| Toshiya Ueno | |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1963[1] |
| Birth Place: | Japan |
| Occupation: | Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer |
| Yearsactive: | 1991–present |
(2 October 1963 - 15 April 2013)[2] was a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the pink film directors known collectively as the, a group which comprises Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Yūji Tajiri, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshirō Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.[1]
Ueno began his film career as an assistant director on director Toshiki Satō's debut film aka Dream Woman (1989). Ueno's directing debut came the following year with (1990).[3] [4] Ueno acted as an "advance guard" for the pinku shichifukujin group of directors when his (1994) became the first film to win the "Best Film" award at the Pink Grand Prix.[1] Ueno was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony.[5] Ueno's 2003 film Ambiguous also won the Best Film prize at the Pink Grand Prix.[6] Ueno was given a six-film career retrospective at Tokyo's Athénée Francais in September 2004.[7]
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