Shusuke Kaneko (é‡'å 修介, Kaneko ShÅ«suke, born 8 June 1955) is a
Japanese writer and director.Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June
8, 1955. According to the biography on his official website Kaneko was
interested in science fiction, particularly Godzilla and Gamera films,
from a young age. He became involved in amateur film making in his
teen years, but majored in education when he attended Tokyo Gakugei
University. After graduation, he found a job at the major Japanese
movie studio Nikkatsu. By 1982 he was a screenwriter and assistant
director for Nikkatsu's line of Roman porno films. He made his debut
as a director with Nikkatsu in February 1984 with KÅ ichirÅ Uno's Wet
and Swinging, part of a long-running Nikkatsu series based on the
works of erotic novelist KÅ ichirÅ Uno. That work along with two
other Roman porno films he directed for Nikkatsu that year, OL
Yurizoku 19-sai (ï¼¯ï¼¬ç™¾å ˆæ— ãƒ»19æ‰ ) and Eve-chan-no hime
(イヴ㠡ゃã‚"㠮姫), won him the Best New Director award at the
6th Yokohama Film Festival. The next year, his manga-based April 1985
movie for Nikkatsu, Minna Agechau, took the award as the 9th Best Film
of the year at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival. In July 1986, still at
Nikkatsu, he directed Mischievous Lolita: Attacking the Virgin From
Behind (㠄㠟㠚らãƒãƒªãƒ¼ã‚¿ã€€å¾Œã ‹ã‚‰ãƒ ージン, Itazura
Lolita: Ushirokara virgin), which despite its strange title, was a
fantasy about a sex-doll coming to life as a woman. Kaneko's final
film for Nikkatsu was the appropriately named Last Cabaret, the second
to last of the studio's Roman porno series. The film, released in
April 1988, about a cabaret forced to close has been taken as a
metaphor for the demise of the studio itself.The year 1988 marked a
watershed in Kaneko's career as a director. At the 10th Yokohama Film
Festival, he was given the Best Director award for his two films of
1988, the Roman porno Last Cabaret for Nikkatsu and Summer Vacation
1999, a mainstream film for the Shochiku studio. Nikkatsu ceased their
Roman porno film line that year and filed for bankruptcy a few years
later and Kaneko moved full-time into mainstream film.
Japanese writer and director.Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June
8, 1955. According to the biography on his official website Kaneko was
interested in science fiction, particularly Godzilla and Gamera films,
from a young age. He became involved in amateur film making in his
teen years, but majored in education when he attended Tokyo Gakugei
University. After graduation, he found a job at the major Japanese
movie studio Nikkatsu. By 1982 he was a screenwriter and assistant
director for Nikkatsu's line of Roman porno films. He made his debut
as a director with Nikkatsu in February 1984 with KÅ ichirÅ Uno's Wet
and Swinging, part of a long-running Nikkatsu series based on the
works of erotic novelist KÅ ichirÅ Uno. That work along with two
other Roman porno films he directed for Nikkatsu that year, OL
Yurizoku 19-sai (ï¼¯ï¼¬ç™¾å ˆæ— ãƒ»19æ‰ ) and Eve-chan-no hime
(イヴ㠡ゃã‚"㠮姫), won him the Best New Director award at the
6th Yokohama Film Festival. The next year, his manga-based April 1985
movie for Nikkatsu, Minna Agechau, took the award as the 9th Best Film
of the year at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival. In July 1986, still at
Nikkatsu, he directed Mischievous Lolita: Attacking the Virgin From
Behind (㠄㠟㠚らãƒãƒªãƒ¼ã‚¿ã€€å¾Œã ‹ã‚‰ãƒ ージン, Itazura
Lolita: Ushirokara virgin), which despite its strange title, was a
fantasy about a sex-doll coming to life as a woman. Kaneko's final
film for Nikkatsu was the appropriately named Last Cabaret, the second
to last of the studio's Roman porno series. The film, released in
April 1988, about a cabaret forced to close has been taken as a
metaphor for the demise of the studio itself.The year 1988 marked a
watershed in Kaneko's career as a director. At the 10th Yokohama Film
Festival, he was given the Best Director award for his two films of
1988, the Roman porno Last Cabaret for Nikkatsu and Summer Vacation
1999, a mainstream film for the Shochiku studio. Nikkatsu ceased their
Roman porno film line that year and filed for bankruptcy a few years
later and Kaneko moved full-time into mainstream film.
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