Katsuya Matsumura (æ ¾æ 'å…‹å¼¥, Matsumura Katsuya) is a Japanese film
director and screenwriter known for his violent thriller-horror film
series All Night Long.Matsumura was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963.
After graduating college, he entered the film industry where he worked
on documentary films and short documentaries. His documentary on
continued pollution in the Doroku area won the grand prize in the
Short Film category at the Mainichi Film Concours in 1988. He left
documentary film making in 1991 and his first feature film All Night
Long was released in 1992. The film earned him the Best New Director
award at the 1993 Yokohama Film Festival.He followed up his first
feature with the 1995 horror film Concrete-Encased High School Girl
Murder Case, based on a true crime, the 1988 murder of Junko Furuta.
Matsumura continued the "All Night Long" series with two more
installments released directly to video in 1995 and 1996, followed by
the 4th and 5th chapters later in 2002 and 2003, also on
video.Matsumura returned to feature films with the 2004 horror movie
Ki-re-i?, based on the novel by Kei Yuikawa, which combines cosmetic
surgery and gore, and in 2008 he directed Dark Love: Rape, an erotic
psycho-thriller from the manga series Rape (レイプ, Reipu) by
Shūichi Sakabe. The film was produced and distributed by the adult
video (AV) studio KM Produce and featured one of their former
actresses Hitomi Hayasaka.
director and screenwriter known for his violent thriller-horror film
series All Night Long.Matsumura was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963.
After graduating college, he entered the film industry where he worked
on documentary films and short documentaries. His documentary on
continued pollution in the Doroku area won the grand prize in the
Short Film category at the Mainichi Film Concours in 1988. He left
documentary film making in 1991 and his first feature film All Night
Long was released in 1992. The film earned him the Best New Director
award at the 1993 Yokohama Film Festival.He followed up his first
feature with the 1995 horror film Concrete-Encased High School Girl
Murder Case, based on a true crime, the 1988 murder of Junko Furuta.
Matsumura continued the "All Night Long" series with two more
installments released directly to video in 1995 and 1996, followed by
the 4th and 5th chapters later in 2002 and 2003, also on
video.Matsumura returned to feature films with the 2004 horror movie
Ki-re-i?, based on the novel by Kei Yuikawa, which combines cosmetic
surgery and gore, and in 2008 he directed Dark Love: Rape, an erotic
psycho-thriller from the manga series Rape (レイプ, Reipu) by
Shūichi Sakabe. The film was produced and distributed by the adult
video (AV) studio KM Produce and featured one of their former
actresses Hitomi Hayasaka.
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