KÅ yÅ« Ohara (å° åŽŸ å® è£•, Ohara KÅ yÅ«) is a Japanese film director
known for his popular Roman Porno films, Fairy in a Cage (1977) and
the Pink Tush Girl series (1978â€"1980). One of Nikkatsu's most
versatile and prolific directors, filming eight movies in 1979 alone,
his stylistic preoccupations led him to be known as "King of Pop Art
Porn."KŠyū Ohara attributes his interest in film to the fact that
his grandfather had worked at Nikkatsu as a director. As a child, he
claims to have seen up to 200 movies a year. Though he studied law at
Keio University and worked as a secretary to a member of the House of
Representatives, rather than take the bar exam, he took an entrance
exam at Shochiku studios. He failed the Shochiku exam, but tried out
for Nikkatsu, and began working there as an assistant director in
1961. He was assigned to director Koreyoshi Kurahara, under whom he
worked with future Roman Porno master, Tatsumi Kumashiro.When Nikkatsu
made its decision to concentrate almost exclusively on its Roman porno
version of the soft-core pink film genre, Ohara was not enthusiastic
about the change. Many of Nikkatsu's other directors and actors left
the studio at this time rather than work in sex films, but Ohara
stayed with the studio, hoping for a chance to direct. He worked as
chief assistant director to ShÅ gorÅ Nishimura on the first Roman
porno, Apartment Wife: Afternoon Affair (1971), and made his
directorial debut the following year with the successful period film,
Passion: Ohichi's Love Song (1972). After a major success with 1973's
College Girl: Sex Equation, Ohara became one of Nikkatsu's busiest
directors. He worked exclusively for Nikkatsu until the mid-1980s,
directing 42 films for the studio, four of which were among Nikkatsu's
top ten money-makers of all time.Summarizing his style, the Weissers
say, "Director Ohara is one of Nikkatsu's most underrated filmmakers,
finally recognized in the late '90s for his forays into pop art... He
was easily the studio's hippest director, interminably mixing
contemporary music and fashionable events-of-the-day within the
traditional pinku eiga format."
known for his popular Roman Porno films, Fairy in a Cage (1977) and
the Pink Tush Girl series (1978â€"1980). One of Nikkatsu's most
versatile and prolific directors, filming eight movies in 1979 alone,
his stylistic preoccupations led him to be known as "King of Pop Art
Porn."KŠyū Ohara attributes his interest in film to the fact that
his grandfather had worked at Nikkatsu as a director. As a child, he
claims to have seen up to 200 movies a year. Though he studied law at
Keio University and worked as a secretary to a member of the House of
Representatives, rather than take the bar exam, he took an entrance
exam at Shochiku studios. He failed the Shochiku exam, but tried out
for Nikkatsu, and began working there as an assistant director in
1961. He was assigned to director Koreyoshi Kurahara, under whom he
worked with future Roman Porno master, Tatsumi Kumashiro.When Nikkatsu
made its decision to concentrate almost exclusively on its Roman porno
version of the soft-core pink film genre, Ohara was not enthusiastic
about the change. Many of Nikkatsu's other directors and actors left
the studio at this time rather than work in sex films, but Ohara
stayed with the studio, hoping for a chance to direct. He worked as
chief assistant director to ShÅ gorÅ Nishimura on the first Roman
porno, Apartment Wife: Afternoon Affair (1971), and made his
directorial debut the following year with the successful period film,
Passion: Ohichi's Love Song (1972). After a major success with 1973's
College Girl: Sex Equation, Ohara became one of Nikkatsu's busiest
directors. He worked exclusively for Nikkatsu until the mid-1980s,
directing 42 films for the studio, four of which were among Nikkatsu's
top ten money-makers of all time.Summarizing his style, the Weissers
say, "Director Ohara is one of Nikkatsu's most underrated filmmakers,
finally recognized in the late '90s for his forays into pop art... He
was easily the studio's hippest director, interminably mixing
contemporary music and fashionable events-of-the-day within the
traditional pinku eiga format."
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