Toshiya Ueno (上野俊å"‰, Ueno Toshiya) (2 October 1963 â€" 15 April
2013) was a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
He is one of the pink film directors known collectively as the "Seven
Lucky Gods of Pink"(ãƒ"ãƒ³ã‚¯ä¸ƒç¦ ç¥ž, pinku shichifukujin), a group
which comprises Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, YÅ«ji Tajiri, Shinji Imaoka,
Yoshitaka Kamata, ToshirÅ Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.Ueno began his
film career as an assistant director on "pinku
shitenno"(ãƒ"ンク四天王) director Toshiki SatÅ 's debut film
Beast (ç £ã€€ã 'ã ã‚‚ã ®, Kedamono) aka Dream Woman (1989). Ueno's
directing debut came the following year with Latest Soap Technique
(最新ソープテクニック, Saishin soopu tekunikku) (1990). Ueno
acted as an "advance guard" for the pinku shichifukujin group of
directors when his Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure (1994)
became the first film to win the "Best Film" award at the Pink Grand
Prix. Ueno was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony. Ueno's 2003
film Ambiguous also won the Best Film prize at the Pink Grand Prix.
Ueno was given a six-film career retrospective at Tokyo's Athénée
Francais in September 2004.
2013) was a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
He is one of the pink film directors known collectively as the "Seven
Lucky Gods of Pink"(ãƒ"ãƒ³ã‚¯ä¸ƒç¦ ç¥ž, pinku shichifukujin), a group
which comprises Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, YÅ«ji Tajiri, Shinji Imaoka,
Yoshitaka Kamata, ToshirÅ Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.Ueno began his
film career as an assistant director on "pinku
shitenno"(ãƒ"ンク四天王) director Toshiki SatÅ 's debut film
Beast (ç £ã€€ã 'ã ã‚‚ã ®, Kedamono) aka Dream Woman (1989). Ueno's
directing debut came the following year with Latest Soap Technique
(最新ソープテクニック, Saishin soopu tekunikku) (1990). Ueno
acted as an "advance guard" for the pinku shichifukujin group of
directors when his Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure (1994)
became the first film to win the "Best Film" award at the Pink Grand
Prix. Ueno was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony. Ueno's 2003
film Ambiguous also won the Best Film prize at the Pink Grand Prix.
Ueno was given a six-film career retrospective at Tokyo's Athénée
Francais in September 2004.
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