Yutaka Ikejima (æ± å³¶ã‚†ã Ÿã ‹, Ikejima Yutaka, or æ± å¶‹ã‚†ã Ÿã ‹;
born March 30, 1948) is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer.
Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the
2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences,
fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific
contributions to the pink film he has earned the nickname "Mr.
Pink".Yutaka Ikejima was born on March 30, 1948. He studied Literature
at Waseda University. He first entered the entertainment business in
the late 1970s as an actor with Shuji Terayama's theatrical group
TenjÅ Sajiki.His film debut was in the 1981 Genji Nakamura pink film
Semi Documentary: Housewife Prostitution Team aka Document Porno:
Married Woman Prostitution Techniques. In contrast to his stage
career, in his screen work, Ikejima has stayed in the erotic genres.
Between 1981 and 1988 he appeared in over 500 softcore pink films,
working for such directors as Hisayasu SatÅ , YÅ jirÅ Takita and
Ryūichi Hiroki. Ikejima appeared in SatŠ's gay-themed Temptation of
the Mask (1987), a film significant for joining three of the "Four
Devils" or "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink"(ãƒ"ンク四天王, pinku
shitenno) in one work. Ikejima became one of Zeze Takahisa's
"Zeze-gumi" (Zeze-group) of regulars including Takeshi ItÅ , YÅ ta
Kawase and Yumeka Sasaki. Though most awarded and recognized as a
director, Ikejima has continued acting to the present day.He began his
directorial career in 1988, at first working mainly in AVs (adult
videos). His cinematic theatrical debut as a director was The
Masturbating Lesbian (ザ・ＯＮＡＮＩＥレズ, Za Onanie Rezu)
(1991). Through his production company Cement Match, Ikejima both
stages plays and self-produces film. Cement Match has made films for
all of the major pink film distribution companies, but most often
produces for OP Eiga. Through this company he has produced such
prominent pink films as Daisuke Goto's A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
(2003) and ENK's The Gays in Wonderland (1997). Also active in
gay-themed films in both acting and directing careers, the 1996 gay
film, Love Me Danger, directed by Ikejima, was chosen the 6th Best
Film at the Pink Grand Prix. His Men Who Love (2002) was one of the
first pink films to be shown at the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay
Film Festival.
born March 30, 1948) is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer.
Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the
2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences,
fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific
contributions to the pink film he has earned the nickname "Mr.
Pink".Yutaka Ikejima was born on March 30, 1948. He studied Literature
at Waseda University. He first entered the entertainment business in
the late 1970s as an actor with Shuji Terayama's theatrical group
TenjÅ Sajiki.His film debut was in the 1981 Genji Nakamura pink film
Semi Documentary: Housewife Prostitution Team aka Document Porno:
Married Woman Prostitution Techniques. In contrast to his stage
career, in his screen work, Ikejima has stayed in the erotic genres.
Between 1981 and 1988 he appeared in over 500 softcore pink films,
working for such directors as Hisayasu SatÅ , YÅ jirÅ Takita and
Ryūichi Hiroki. Ikejima appeared in SatŠ's gay-themed Temptation of
the Mask (1987), a film significant for joining three of the "Four
Devils" or "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink"(ãƒ"ンク四天王, pinku
shitenno) in one work. Ikejima became one of Zeze Takahisa's
"Zeze-gumi" (Zeze-group) of regulars including Takeshi ItÅ , YÅ ta
Kawase and Yumeka Sasaki. Though most awarded and recognized as a
director, Ikejima has continued acting to the present day.He began his
directorial career in 1988, at first working mainly in AVs (adult
videos). His cinematic theatrical debut as a director was The
Masturbating Lesbian (ザ・ＯＮＡＮＩＥレズ, Za Onanie Rezu)
(1991). Through his production company Cement Match, Ikejima both
stages plays and self-produces film. Cement Match has made films for
all of the major pink film distribution companies, but most often
produces for OP Eiga. Through this company he has produced such
prominent pink films as Daisuke Goto's A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
(2003) and ENK's The Gays in Wonderland (1997). Also active in
gay-themed films in both acting and directing careers, the 1996 gay
film, Love Me Danger, directed by Ikejima, was chosen the 6th Best
Film at the Pink Grand Prix. His Men Who Love (2002) was one of the
first pink films to be shown at the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay
Film Festival.
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