Tetsuji Takechi (æ¦æ™º 鉄二, Takechi Tetsuji, 10 December 1912 â€"
26 July 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and
author. First coming to prominence for his theatrical criticism, in
the 1940s and 1950s he produced influential and popular experimental
kabuki plays. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he continued his innovative
theatrical work in noh, kyÅ gen and modern theater. In late 1956 and
early 1957 he hosted a popular TV program, The Tetsuji Takechi Hour,
which featured his reinterpretations of Japanese stage classics.In the
1960s, Takechi entered the film industry by producing controversial
soft-core theatrical pornography. His 1964 film Daydream was the first
big-budget, mainstream pink film released in Japan. After the release
of his 1965 film Black Snow, the government arrested him on indecency
charges. The trial became a public battle over censorship between
Japan's intellectuals and the government. Takechi won the lawsuit,
enabling the wave of softcore pink films which dominated Japan's
domestic cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. In the later 1960s,
Takechi produced three more pink films.Takechi did not work in film
during most of the 1970s. In the 1980s, he remade Daydream twice,
starring actress KyÅ ko Aizome in both films. The first Daydream
remake (1981) is considered the first theatrical hardcore pornographic
film in Japan. Though Takechi is largely unknown in Japan today, he
was influential in both the cinema and the theater during his
lifetime, and his innovations in kabuki were felt for decades. He also
helped shape the future of the pink film in Japan through his battles
against governmental censorship, earning him the titles, "The Father
of Pink" and "The Father of Japanese Porn."
26 July 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and
author. First coming to prominence for his theatrical criticism, in
the 1940s and 1950s he produced influential and popular experimental
kabuki plays. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he continued his innovative
theatrical work in noh, kyÅ gen and modern theater. In late 1956 and
early 1957 he hosted a popular TV program, The Tetsuji Takechi Hour,
which featured his reinterpretations of Japanese stage classics.In the
1960s, Takechi entered the film industry by producing controversial
soft-core theatrical pornography. His 1964 film Daydream was the first
big-budget, mainstream pink film released in Japan. After the release
of his 1965 film Black Snow, the government arrested him on indecency
charges. The trial became a public battle over censorship between
Japan's intellectuals and the government. Takechi won the lawsuit,
enabling the wave of softcore pink films which dominated Japan's
domestic cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. In the later 1960s,
Takechi produced three more pink films.Takechi did not work in film
during most of the 1970s. In the 1980s, he remade Daydream twice,
starring actress KyÅ ko Aizome in both films. The first Daydream
remake (1981) is considered the first theatrical hardcore pornographic
film in Japan. Though Takechi is largely unknown in Japan today, he
was influential in both the cinema and the theater during his
lifetime, and his innovations in kabuki were felt for decades. He also
helped shape the future of the pink film in Japan through his battles
against governmental censorship, earning him the titles, "The Father
of Pink" and "The Father of Japanese Porn."
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