Yumi Yoshiyuki Explained

Yumi Yoshiyuki
Birth Date:19 August 1965
Birth Place:Fukushima, Japan[1]
Occupation:Actress
Film director
Screenwriter
Yearsactive:1993  -

is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.

Early life and education

Yoshiyuki studied economics at Dokkyo University.

Career

During her studies at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film.[2] She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's . By the time of her directorial debut three years later, she had appeared in over 100 pink productions.[3] Among the prominent pink film directors she has acted for is Satoru Kobayashi, the director of the first pink film, Flesh Market (1962). She appeared in Kobayashi's (1995), starring AV idol, Nao Saejima.[4] The mainstream Yokohama Film Festival awarded Yoshiyuki with the Best Supporting Actress title for her work in director Akio Jissoji's Rampo Edogawa adaptation, .[5] [6]

In 1996 Yoshiyuki directed her first pink film, .[7] At the Pink Grand Prix she was given a Best New Director award for her debut work, as well as the second place for Best Actress. The film was selected as the 10th best pink release of the year.[8] Since then, films directed by Yoshiyuki have often been placed in the top ten. Her talents as a screenwriter were also awarded at the 2004 Pink Grand Prix for the film .[9]

Anglophone pink film authority Jasper Sharp contrasts Yoshiyuki's style with that of well-known female pink director Sachi Hamano. Calling her directorial style "softer and gentler" than Hamano's, which he characterizes as "lewder, ruder and cruder than most in the genre," he notes that it is easier to detect a feminine sensibility in Yoshiyuki's work. In her films she often depicts the lives of ordinary women in modern Japan. While this is not an unusual theme in the contemporary pink film, Yoshiyuki's work is recognisable for the meticulous and authentic detail the director achieves.[10]

Yoshiyuki's directorial work has also been recognized by non-pink audiences. In 2004, her film was invited to be shown at the Yūbari International Fantastic Film Festival.[7] Her 2006 film, Big Tit Sisters: Blow Through the Valley, under the title, was also invited to be shown at the festival, and Yoshiyuki attended as a guest.[11] [12] [13] Also honored by the pink film community, Big Tit Sisters was chosen as the 7th Best Film at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony,[14] [15] and the Walkerplus film site named it the sixth best pink film of the year.[16] Her 2004 film, besides winning 5th best pink release at the Pink Grand Prix, was shown at the 13th Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.[7]

Awards

Partial filmography

Top-ten films, Pink Grand Prix

Pinky Ribbon Award-winning films

Bibliography

English

Dutch

Japanese

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 吉行由実 (Yoshiyuki Yumi). 株式会社アプレ. 2023-06-03. ja.
  2. Web site: 祝・「ミス・ピーチ」DVD化＆新作がゆうばり映画祭へ！ 吉行由実監督インタビュー (Yumi Yoshiyuki Interview). 2009-06-04. www.walkerplus.com. ja. 2008-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080323152623/http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4218.html. dead.
  3. Web site: 吉行由実 - Yumi Yoshiyuki. 2009-06-04. www.apres.jp. ja. 2010-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20101004135228/http://www.apres.jp/ti.php?t=yumiyoshiyuki. dead.
  4. Book: Weisser, Thomas. Yuko Mihara Weisser . Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. 1998. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. 1-889288-52-7.
  5. Book: Sharp, Jasper. Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. 298. 2008. FAB Press. Guildford. 978-1-903254-54-7.
  6. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/20-1998/20_1998_shou.html. 2009-02-06. Yokohama Film Festival homepage. ja:第２０回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９９８年日本映画個人賞. ja. 2010-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20101012065041/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/20-1998/20_1998_shou.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Pink Films History. 2009-06-04. ja. P.G. Web Site. 2012-08-05. https://archive.today/20120805205210/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/history/history.htm. dead.
  8. Web site: Best Ten of 1996 (１９９６年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. ja. August 5, 2012. https://archive.today/20120805211203/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/1996.htm. dead.
  9. Web site: Best Ten of 2004 (２００４年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. ja. July 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707150014/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2004.htm. dead.
  10. Sharp, 297-298
  11. Web site: http://www.spopro.net/works/witch.htm. ja:魔女になるための３つのルール. 2009-02-15. Spotted Productions. ja.
  12. Web site: 2006-02-26. http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/c_report/index3.php?number=2690. ja:ゆうばり国際ファンタスティック映画祭2006：フォーラムシアター２５日：諏訪太朗はもちろん、作家戸梶圭太の激安犯罪バラエティあり、魔女っ子ピンク映画ありで大盛況. 2009-05-18. www.cinematopics.com. ja. 2010-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011133945/http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/c_report/index3.php?number=2690. dead.
  13. Web site: http://yubarifanta.com/archive.php?num=2006&langue=21010. ja:ゆうばり国際ファンタスティック映画祭2006. 2009-02-15. YUBARI INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL. ja.
  14. Web site: http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2006.htm. ja:２００６年度ベストテン. 2009-05-18. ja. P.G. Web Site. 2012-08-05. https://archive.today/20120805233857/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2006.htm. dead.
  15. Web site: Toda. Miho. "Pink" Films Seen with Great Excitement on the Shinbungeiza Theater's Big Screen! The Academy Awards of the R-18 Film "19th Pink Prize" (新文芸坐の大スクリーンで観る"ピンク"な映画に大興奮！ R-18映画のアカデミー賞こと＜第19回ピンク大賞＞は立見続出!!! - Shinbungeiza no dai screen de miru "Pink" na eiga ni daikofun! R-18 eiga no akademiisho koto "Dai 19kai pinku taishō" wa tachikenzokushutsu!!. 2007-05-08. 2009-05-18. www.walkerplus.com. ja. 2008-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080117235634/http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4823.html. dead.
  16. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080323161408/http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4640.html . 2008-03-23 . NIPPON EROTICS plus（R18 映画最前線）】（16）2006年度ピンク映画ベスト10＋α. 2007-02-02. 2010-03-15. www.walkerplus.com. ja . ※2006年度ピンク映画ベスト10 ... ６.「巨乳な姉妹　谷間に吸い付け」.
  17. Web site: 吉行由実 - Yumi Yoshiyuki profile. 2009-06-04. www.apres.jp. ja. 2010-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20101004135228/http://www.apres.jp/ti.php?t=yumiyoshiyuki. dead.

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