Yoshikazu KatÅ (åŠ è—¤ç¾©ä¸€, KatÅ Yoshikazu) is a Japanese film
director and screenwriter.Yoshikazu KatÅ was born in Kyoto in 1972,
and became a fan of the pink film while still in junior high school.
He graduated from the Nikkatsu Visual Arts Academy in 1993, and began
working in the film industry in 1995. He worked as assistant director
on nearly 100 pink films beginning with Hisayasu SatÅ 's Hunters'
Sense of Touch (狩人㠟㠡㠮触覚, Karyudo-tachi no shokkaku)
(1995), for the gay-themed ENK studio. His directorial debut was at
ÅŒkura Pictures (OP Eiga) with Aijin hisho: bijiri mitsumamire
(ç‰ ç›£æˆ¿ã€€æ±šã •ã‚Œã Ÿäººå¦»), filmed in 2001 and released in 2002.
Also at OP Eiga he filmed Molester's Train: Sensitive Fingers (2007)
which was given the Best Film award at the Pink Grand Prix and which
won KatÅ the award for Best Director. At the Kansai region Pinky
Ribbon Awards the film was also given the top award, the Gold
Prize.KatÅ directed the V-Cinema ninja-sexploitation series Legend of
the Voluptuous Kunoichi (妖艶ã ãƒŽä¸€ä¼ , YÅ en Kunoichi Den) in
2006 and 2007. The films featured AV idols as Kunoichi protagonists
and were later released in the United States by Switchblade Pictures.
director and screenwriter.Yoshikazu KatÅ was born in Kyoto in 1972,
and became a fan of the pink film while still in junior high school.
He graduated from the Nikkatsu Visual Arts Academy in 1993, and began
working in the film industry in 1995. He worked as assistant director
on nearly 100 pink films beginning with Hisayasu SatÅ 's Hunters'
Sense of Touch (狩人㠟㠡㠮触覚, Karyudo-tachi no shokkaku)
(1995), for the gay-themed ENK studio. His directorial debut was at
ÅŒkura Pictures (OP Eiga) with Aijin hisho: bijiri mitsumamire
(ç‰ ç›£æˆ¿ã€€æ±šã •ã‚Œã Ÿäººå¦»), filmed in 2001 and released in 2002.
Also at OP Eiga he filmed Molester's Train: Sensitive Fingers (2007)
which was given the Best Film award at the Pink Grand Prix and which
won KatÅ the award for Best Director. At the Kansai region Pinky
Ribbon Awards the film was also given the top award, the Gold
Prize.KatÅ directed the V-Cinema ninja-sexploitation series Legend of
the Voluptuous Kunoichi (妖艶ã ãƒŽä¸€ä¼ , YÅ en Kunoichi Den) in
2006 and 2007. The films featured AV idols as Kunoichi protagonists
and were later released in the United States by Switchblade Pictures.
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