ChÅ«sei Sone (æ›½æ ¹ ä¸ç"Ÿ, Sone ChÅ«sei, 1 October 1937 â€" 26
August 2014) was a Japanese film director known for his stylish and
popular Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu, particularly the first two
installments of the Angel Guts series. Despite a somewhat uneven
career, many mainstream critics consider Sone the best of Nikkatsu's
Roman Porno directors.Chūsei Sone majored in Art History at Tohoku
University, and graduated in 1962. Soon after graduation, he began
work as an Assistant director at Nikkatsu studios, where he worked
with Seijun Suzuki. Suzuki's directing style was to have a lasting
influence on Sone's own later work. In their Japanese Cinema
Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers[who?] compare Suzuki and
Sone, writing, "Sone's films are riddled with quirky characters and
surrealistic metaphors, but unlike the works of Suzuki, these movies
are much more linear, plot driven, and ultimately crowd pleasing."When
Nikkatsu started their Roman Porno series of mainstream theatrical
softcore pornographic films in November 1971, Sone was quickly given
his chance to direct. His first film was the historical sex-film, Eros
Schedule Book: Female Artist (1971). He directed several more films
set in historical time periods such as Erotic Story: The Peony Lantern
(1972), which became a mainstream hit and won several film industry
awards. Later in 1972, Sone switched to contemporary themes with Lusty
Sisters, but would return to the period-piece with his popular
action-sex film starring Nikkatsu queen Junko Miyashita, Female Ninja
Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers (1974).
August 2014) was a Japanese film director known for his stylish and
popular Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu, particularly the first two
installments of the Angel Guts series. Despite a somewhat uneven
career, many mainstream critics consider Sone the best of Nikkatsu's
Roman Porno directors.Chūsei Sone majored in Art History at Tohoku
University, and graduated in 1962. Soon after graduation, he began
work as an Assistant director at Nikkatsu studios, where he worked
with Seijun Suzuki. Suzuki's directing style was to have a lasting
influence on Sone's own later work. In their Japanese Cinema
Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers[who?] compare Suzuki and
Sone, writing, "Sone's films are riddled with quirky characters and
surrealistic metaphors, but unlike the works of Suzuki, these movies
are much more linear, plot driven, and ultimately crowd pleasing."When
Nikkatsu started their Roman Porno series of mainstream theatrical
softcore pornographic films in November 1971, Sone was quickly given
his chance to direct. His first film was the historical sex-film, Eros
Schedule Book: Female Artist (1971). He directed several more films
set in historical time periods such as Erotic Story: The Peony Lantern
(1972), which became a mainstream hit and won several film industry
awards. Later in 1972, Sone switched to contemporary themes with Lusty
Sisters, but would return to the period-piece with his popular
action-sex film starring Nikkatsu queen Junko Miyashita, Female Ninja
Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers (1974).
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