YÅ«ji Tajiri (ç"°å°»è£•å ¸, Tajiri YÅ«ji) is a Japanese film director,
screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of pink film directors
collectively known as the "Seven Lucky Gods of
Pink"(ãƒ"ãƒ³ã‚¯ä¸ƒç¦ ç¥ž, shichifukujin), a group which also includes
Toshiya Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, ToshirÅ
Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.YÅ«ji Tajiri was born in a small town in
Hokkaido in 1968. His main interest as a youth was watching movies,
and he began writing his own film scripts and making 8mm films while a
teenager. At this time he began sneaking into adult theaters, and was
impressed by director Kichitaro Negishi's Roman Porno film Crazy Fruit
(1981)-- a pink remake of Crazed Fruit (1956).Tajiri moved to Tokyo
and, while attending Teikyo University, continued his movie-going
habits. He was impressed with Hisayasu SatÅ 's Lolita: Vibrator
Torture (1987), an independent pink film which he saw on a triple-bill
with two Nikkatsu films. After he found an advertisement from Shishi
studios for assistant director positions, he researched the studio. It
had been founded by pink film veteran Kan Mukai and SatÅ had made
Lolita: Vibrator Torture there. Shishi accepted Tajiri, and he began
working at the studio as an assistant director in 1990. Starting as an
assistant director, he worked with such directors as SatÅ and
Takahisa Zeze.Tajiri's directorial debut was with the 1997 film Go Go
Train (ã‚¤ã‚±ã‚¤ã‚±é›»è»Šã€€ãƒ ãƒ¡ã ¦ã€ è¡Œã ‹ã ›ã ¦ã€ ã‚„ã‚ ã ªã „ã §ï¼ ).
His second film, Office Lady Love Juice
(ï¼¯ï¼¬ã ®æ„›æ± ã€€ãƒ©ãƒ–ã‚¸ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹, OL no aijiru: rabu jyÅ«su), was
chosen as the Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix, and Tajiri
was given the Best Director award. The mainstream "Japanese Film
Professional's Award" also awarded the film, choosing it as the
seventh best release of the year. Tajiri's 2004 film, Twitch â€" You
Are My Toy about erotic complications in the photography industry, won
the bronze prize at the Pink Grand Prix. The film also won awards for
Best Actress and Best Cinematography.
screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of pink film directors
collectively known as the "Seven Lucky Gods of
Pink"(ãƒ"ãƒ³ã‚¯ä¸ƒç¦ ç¥ž, shichifukujin), a group which also includes
Toshiya Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, ToshirÅ
Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.YÅ«ji Tajiri was born in a small town in
Hokkaido in 1968. His main interest as a youth was watching movies,
and he began writing his own film scripts and making 8mm films while a
teenager. At this time he began sneaking into adult theaters, and was
impressed by director Kichitaro Negishi's Roman Porno film Crazy Fruit
(1981)-- a pink remake of Crazed Fruit (1956).Tajiri moved to Tokyo
and, while attending Teikyo University, continued his movie-going
habits. He was impressed with Hisayasu SatÅ 's Lolita: Vibrator
Torture (1987), an independent pink film which he saw on a triple-bill
with two Nikkatsu films. After he found an advertisement from Shishi
studios for assistant director positions, he researched the studio. It
had been founded by pink film veteran Kan Mukai and SatÅ had made
Lolita: Vibrator Torture there. Shishi accepted Tajiri, and he began
working at the studio as an assistant director in 1990. Starting as an
assistant director, he worked with such directors as SatÅ and
Takahisa Zeze.Tajiri's directorial debut was with the 1997 film Go Go
Train (ã‚¤ã‚±ã‚¤ã‚±é›»è»Šã€€ãƒ ãƒ¡ã ¦ã€ è¡Œã ‹ã ›ã ¦ã€ ã‚„ã‚ ã ªã „ã §ï¼ ).
His second film, Office Lady Love Juice
(ï¼¯ï¼¬ã ®æ„›æ± ã€€ãƒ©ãƒ–ã‚¸ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹, OL no aijiru: rabu jyÅ«su), was
chosen as the Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix, and Tajiri
was given the Best Director award. The mainstream "Japanese Film
Professional's Award" also awarded the film, choosing it as the
seventh best release of the year. Tajiri's 2004 film, Twitch â€" You
Are My Toy about erotic complications in the photography industry, won
the bronze prize at the Pink Grand Prix. The film also won awards for
Best Actress and Best Cinematography.
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