YÅ«ji Tajiri
YÅ«ji Tajiri | |
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Born |
1968 (age 47–48) Hokkaido, Japan |
Occupation |
Film director Screenwriter Actor |
Years active | 1997 – |
YÅ«ji Tajiri (ç”°å°»è£•å¸ Tajiri YÅ«ji) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of pink film directors collectively known as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (ピンク七ç¦ç¥ž shichifukujin), a group which also includes Toshiya Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, ToshirÅ Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.[1]
Life and career
YÅ«ji Tajiri was born in a small town in Hokkaido in 1968. His main interest as a youth was watching movies, and he began writing his own film scripts and making 8mm films while a teenager. At this time he began sneaking into adult theaters, and was impressed by director Kichitaro Negishi's Roman Porno film Crazy Fruit (1981)-- a pink remake of Crazed Fruit (1956).[2]
Tajiri moved to Tokyo and, while attending Teikyo University, continued his movie-going habits. He was impressed with Hisayasu SatÅ's Lolita: Vibrator Torture (1987), an independent pink film which he saw on a triple-bill with two Nikkatsu films. After he found an advertisement from Shishi studios for assistant director positions, he researched the studio. It had been founded by pink film veteran Kan Mukai and SatÅ had made Lolita: Vibrator Torture there. Shishi accepted Tajiri, and he began working at the studio as an assistant director in 1990.[2][3] Starting as an assistant director, he worked with such directors as SatÅ and Takahisa Zeze.[2]
Tajiri's directorial debut was with the 1997 film Go Go Train (イケイケ電車 ãƒãƒ¡ã¦ã€è¡Œã‹ã›ã¦ã€ã‚„ã‚ãªã„ã§ï¼).[4] His second film, Office Lady Love Juice (OLã®æ„›æ±ã€€ãƒ©ãƒ–ジュース OL no aijiru: rabu jyÅ«su) was chosen as the Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix, and Tajiri was given the Best Director award.[5] The mainstream "Japanese Film Professional's Award" also awarded the film, choosing it as the seventh best release of the year.[3][6] Tajiri's 2004 film, Twitch – You Are My Toy about erotic complications in the photography industry, won the bronze prize at the Pink Grand Prix.[7] The film also won awards for Best Actress, and Best Cinematography.[8]
Bibliography
English
- Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. pp. 315, 361. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
- Tajiri Yuji at AllMovie
- Yûji Tajiri at the Internet Movie Database
Japanese
- 田尻裕å¸â€ƒãŸã˜ã‚Šãƒ»ã‚†ã†ã˜ (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-06-17. External link in
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(help) - ç”°å°»è£•å¸ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ç”°å°»è£•å¸ ï¼ˆã‚¿ã‚¸ãƒªãƒ¦ã‚¦ã‚¸ï¼‰ (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- Zenba, Takehiro (2005-11-18). "インタビュー: 田尻裕å¸(æ˜ ç”»ç›£ç£) (YÅ«ji Tajiri interview" (in Japanese). Intro: Creators Movie Magazine. Retrieved 2009-06-17. External link in
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(help) - Zenba, Takehiro (2005-12-05). "インタビュー: 田尻裕å¸(æ˜ ç”»ç›£ç£) Part2 (YÅ«ji Tajiri interview, part 2)" (in Japanese). Intro: Creators Movie Magazine. Retrieved 2009-06-17. External link in
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Notes
- ↑ Domenig, Roland (2002). "Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga". Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- 1 2 3 Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
- 1 2 Zenba, Takehiro (2005-11-18). "インタビュー: 田尻裕å¸(æ˜ ç”»ç›£ç£) (YÅ«ji Tajiri interview" (in Japanese). Intro: Creators Movie Magazine. Retrieved 2009-06-17. External link in
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(help) - ↑ "Pink Films History" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2010-11-28. External link in
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(help) - ↑ "Best Ten of 1999 (1999年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
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(help) - ↑ ç¬¬ï¼™å›žæ—¥æœ¬æ˜ ç”»ãƒ—ãƒãƒ•ã‚§ãƒƒã‚·ãƒ§ãƒŠãƒ«å¤§è³ž (in Japanese). nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. Retrieved June 2, 2009. External link in
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(help) - ↑ Sharp, pp. 316-317
- ↑ "Best Ten of 2004 (ï¼’ï¼ï¼ï¼”年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
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Awards and achievements | ||
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Pink Grand Prix | ||
Preceded by Yutaka Ikejima for Moon Light Dinner |
Pink Grand Prix for Best Director YÅ«ji Tajiri 1999 for Office Lady Love Juice |
Succeeded by Minoru Kunizawa for The Bride is Wet on the Wedding Night |
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