Masato Ishioka (石岡æ£äºº, Ishioka Masato) is a Japanese director,
screenwriter and business executive who had an early career as an
adult video (AV) director.Masato Ishioka was born in 1960 in Shizuoka
Prefecture, Japan. He attended Meiji University, graduating in 1983
with a major in Politics and Economics. In 1984 he began working as an
apprentice to Tadashi Yoyogi at the AV studio Athena Eizou. He stayed
at the studio for six years as an assistant director and video
production manager. In August 1986 he was assistant director for
Hikaru Kitoh (鬼闘光), a co-founder of Athena Eizou, in the
Nikkatsu film The Orgasm (ã‚¶ãƒ»çµ¶é ‚æ„Ÿ, Za Zecchokan).By the
mid-1990s, Ishioka was working as a director in the softcore V-cinema
field, including directing three entries in the Chikan hakusho
(痴漢白書) series for the Pink
Pineapple(ãƒ"ンクãƒ'イナップル) company. At the same time, he
was also involved as a director in the hardcore AV business, working
for Athena Eizou and the Atlas21 studio including several videos in
the "Violent Lips" series. In 1996, Ishioka founded his own video
production company, Gold View Company Ltd, to produce and sell
mainstream movies in Japan and abroad for himself and other
directors.Ishioka's experience in the AV world was used to good
advantage in his first mainstream film feature Scoutman, also known as
Pain, which he wrote and directed. The movie, filmed in 2000 and
released in Japan in 2001, depicts the struggles of a young couple
newly arrived in Tokyo who eventually become involved in the sex
industry. Two veterans of the AV scene, former actress Yuri Komuro and
director Kei Morikawa have roles in the film. The film won Ishioka the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for 2001 as well as the
Directors' Week Special Jury Award at Fantasporto.
screenwriter and business executive who had an early career as an
adult video (AV) director.Masato Ishioka was born in 1960 in Shizuoka
Prefecture, Japan. He attended Meiji University, graduating in 1983
with a major in Politics and Economics. In 1984 he began working as an
apprentice to Tadashi Yoyogi at the AV studio Athena Eizou. He stayed
at the studio for six years as an assistant director and video
production manager. In August 1986 he was assistant director for
Hikaru Kitoh (鬼闘光), a co-founder of Athena Eizou, in the
Nikkatsu film The Orgasm (ã‚¶ãƒ»çµ¶é ‚æ„Ÿ, Za Zecchokan).By the
mid-1990s, Ishioka was working as a director in the softcore V-cinema
field, including directing three entries in the Chikan hakusho
(痴漢白書) series for the Pink
Pineapple(ãƒ"ンクãƒ'イナップル) company. At the same time, he
was also involved as a director in the hardcore AV business, working
for Athena Eizou and the Atlas21 studio including several videos in
the "Violent Lips" series. In 1996, Ishioka founded his own video
production company, Gold View Company Ltd, to produce and sell
mainstream movies in Japan and abroad for himself and other
directors.Ishioka's experience in the AV world was used to good
advantage in his first mainstream film feature Scoutman, also known as
Pain, which he wrote and directed. The movie, filmed in 2000 and
released in Japan in 2001, depicts the struggles of a young couple
newly arrived in Tokyo who eventually become involved in the sex
industry. Two veterans of the AV scene, former actress Yuri Komuro and
director Kei Morikawa have roles in the film. The film won Ishioka the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for 2001 as well as the
Directors' Week Special Jury Award at Fantasporto.
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