Tetsuya Takehora | |
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Born | 1974 (age 37–38)[1] Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 2004 – |
Tetsuya Takehora (竹洞哲也 Takehora Tetsuya ) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
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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]
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Pink Grand Prix | ||
Preceded by Hideo Jojo for Wives Who Want to Try |
Pink Grand Prix for Best New Director Tetsuya Takehora 2004 for Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform |
Succeeded by Yasufumi Tanaka for Three Naked Sisters: Lewdness |
Preceded by Shinji Imaoka for Lunch Box |
Pink Grand Prix for Best Director Tetsuya Takehora 2005 for Lustful Hitchhiker: Sought Wife |
Succeeded by Yutaka Ikejima for Hostess Madness: Unparched Nectar |
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