Toshiya Ueno Explained

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]

Life and career

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]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sharp, Jasper. Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. 311. 2008. FAB Press. 978-1-903254-54-7.
  2. 『ぴんくりんく』2013年6月号「上野俊哉監督の死を悼む」
  3. Web site: Pink Films History. 2009-06-14. Japanese. P.G. Web Site. 5 August 2012. https://archive.today/20120805205210/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/history/history.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: http://www.uplink.co.jp/pinkribbon/bangai.html#4. ja:4.ピンク四天王の時代(1990-1996. 2009-06-14. Japanese. www.uplink.co.jp.
  5. Web site: Best Ten of 1994 (1994年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. Japanese. dead. https://archive.today/20120805220624/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/1994.htm. 5 August 2012. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Best Ten of 2003 (2003年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. Japanese.
  7. Sharp, pp. 311, 330.