Tetsuya Takehora

Tetsuya Takehora
Born	1974 (age 41–42)[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.

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

• 竹洞哲也 たけほら・てつや (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-06-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
• 竹洞哲也 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
• 竹洞哲也 （ヤケホラテツヤ） (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
• 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. External link in |publisher= (help)

Notes

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. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. "沿革 (History)" (in Japanese). Japan Academy of Moving Images. Retrieved 2009-06-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
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. Retrieved 2009-06-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
5. "Best Ten of 2004 (２００４年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
6. ２００５年度ベストテン [Best Ten of 2005] (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)