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Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955.<ref name=skbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.shusuke-kaneko.com/eng/bio.html|title=Biography|publisher=Shusuke Kaneko Official Website|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=skbio/> After graduation, he found a job at the major Japanese movie studio [[Nikkatsu]].<ref name=skbio/> By 1982 he was a screenwriter and assistant director for Nikkatsu's ''[[Roman Porno]]'' film series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0089260.htm|script-title=ja:金子修介|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database|JMDB]]|language=ja|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref><ref name=sharp236>{{cite book |last=Sharp |first=Jasper |title=Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema |year=2008 |publisher=FAB Press |location=Godalming, Surrey, England |isbn=978-1-903254-54-7| page=236}}</ref> He made his debut as a director with Nikkatsu in February 1984 with ''[[Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging]]'', part of a long-running Nikkatsu series based on the works of erotic novelist [[Kōichirō Uno]].<ref name=sharp236/><ref name=weisser447>{{cite book |last=Weisser |first=Thomas |author2=Yuko Mihara Weisser |title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films |year=1998 |publisher=Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications |location=Miami |isbn=1-889288-52-7|pages=447–449 }}</ref> That work along with two other ''Roman Porno'' films he directed for Nikkatsu that year, {{nihongo|''OL Yurizoku 19-sai''|ＯＬ百合族・19才}} and {{nihongo|''Eve-chan-no hime''|イヴちゃんの姫}}, won him the Best New Director award at the 6th [[Yokohama Film Festival]].<ref name=weisser447/><ref>{{cite web |date=2005-10-30|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/06-1984/06_1984_shou.html|access-date=2015-05-31|publisher=Yokohama Film Festival homepage|script-title=ja:第６回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９８４年日本映画個人賞|language=ja}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_best10.html |script-title=ja:１９８５年度　日本映画ベストテン|access-date= 2015-05-31|language= ja |publisher= [[Yokohama Film Festival]]}}</ref> In July 1986, still at Nikkatsu, he directed {{nihongo|''Mischievous Lolita: Attacking the Virgin From Behind''|いたずらロリータ　後からバージン|Itazura Lolita: Ushirokara virgin}}, which despite its strange title, was a fantasy about a sex-doll coming to life as a woman.<ref>Weisser, pp. 272-273</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1986/dj001710.htm|script-title=ja:いたずらロリータ　後からバージン|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database|JMDB]]|language=ja|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref> 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.<ref>Weisser, p. 227</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150440|script-title=ja:ラスト・キャバレー(1988)|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2013-10-26|language=ja}}</ref>
Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955.<ref name=skbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.shusuke-kaneko.com/eng/bio.html|title=Biography|publisher=Shusuke Kaneko Official Website|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=skbio/> After graduation, he found a job at the major Japanese movie studio [[Nikkatsu]].<ref name=skbio/> By 1982 he was a screenwriter and assistant director for Nikkatsu's ''[[Roman Porno]]'' film series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0089260.htm|script-title=ja:金子修介|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database|JMDB]]|language=ja|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref><ref name=sharp236>{{cite book |last=Sharp |first=Jasper |title=Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema |year=2008 |publisher=FAB Press |location=Godalming, Surrey, England |isbn=978-1-903254-54-7| page=236}}</ref> He made his debut as a director with Nikkatsu in February 1984 with ''[[Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging]]'', part of a long-running Nikkatsu series based on the works of erotic novelist [[Kōichirō Uno]].<ref name=sharp236/><ref name=weisser447>{{cite book |last=Weisser |first=Thomas |author2=Yuko Mihara Weisser |title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films |year=1998 |publisher=Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications |location=Miami |isbn=1-889288-52-7|pages=447–449 }}</ref> That work along with two other ''Roman Porno'' films he directed for Nikkatsu that year, {{nihongo|''OL Yurizoku 19-sai''|ＯＬ百合族・19才}} and {{nihongo|''Eve-chan-no hime''|イヴちゃんの姫}}, won him the Best New Director award at the 6th [[Yokohama Film Festival]].<ref name=weisser447/><ref>{{cite web |date=2005-10-30|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/06-1984/06_1984_shou.html|access-date=2015-05-31|publisher=Yokohama Film Festival homepage|script-title=ja:第６回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９８４年日本映画個人賞|language=ja}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_best10.html |script-title=ja:１９８５年度 日本映画ベストテン|access-date= 2015-05-31|language= ja |publisher= [[Yokohama Film Festival]]}}</ref> In July 1986, still at Nikkatsu, he directed {{nihongo|''Mischievous Lolita: Attacking the Virgin From Behind''|いたずらロリータ　後からバージン|Itazura Lolita: Ushirokara virgin}}, which despite its strange title, was a fantasy about a sex-doll coming to life as a woman.<ref>Weisser, pp. 272-273</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1986/dj001710.htm|script-title=ja:いたずらロリータ 後からバージン|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database|JMDB]]|language=ja|access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref> 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.<ref>Weisser, p. 227</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150440|script-title=ja:ラスト・キャバレー(1988)|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2013-10-26|language=ja}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/10-1988/10_1988_shou.html|script-title=ja:第１０回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８８年日本映画個人賞|access-date= 26 June 2014|work= homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai|language= ja}}</ref> Nikkatsu ceased their ''Roman Porno'' film line that year and filed for bankruptcy a few years later<ref>Sharp. pp. 129-130</ref> and Kaneko moved full-time into mainstream film.
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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/10-1988/10_1988_shou.html|script-title=ja:第１０回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８８年日本映画個人賞|access-date= 26 June 2014|work= homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai|language= ja}}</ref> Nikkatsu ceased their ''Roman Porno'' film line that year and filed for bankruptcy a few years later<ref>Sharp. pp. 129-130</ref> and Kaneko moved full-time into mainstream film.

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Shusuke Kaneko
Born (1955-06-08) June 8, 1955 (age 68)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1978–present
Websitewww.shusuke-kaneko.com/eng

Shusuke Kaneko (金子 修介, Kaneko Shūsuke, born 8 June 1955) is a Japanese writer and director.

Life and career

Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955.[1] 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.[1] After graduation, he found a job at the major Japanese movie studio Nikkatsu.[1] By 1982 he was a screenwriter and assistant director for Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film series.[2][3] He made his debut as a director with Nikkatsu in February 1984 with Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging, part of a long-running Nikkatsu series based on the works of erotic novelist Kōichirō Uno.[3][4] That work along with two other Roman Porno films he directed for Nikkatsu that year, OL Yurizoku 19-sai (ＯＬ百合族・19才) and Eve-chan-no hime (イヴちゃんの姫), won him the Best New Director award at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival.[4][5] 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.[6] In July 1986, still at Nikkatsu, he directed Mischievous Lolita: Attacking the Virgin From Behind (いたずらロリータ　後からバージン, Itazura Lolita: Ushirokara virgin), which despite its strange title, was a fantasy about a sex-doll coming to life as a woman.[7][8] 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.[9][10]

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.[11] Nikkatsu ceased their Roman Porno film line that year and filed for bankruptcy a few years later[12] and Kaneko moved full-time into mainstream film.

Filmography

Director

Assistant director

Writer

Special effects

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biography". Shusuke Kaneko Official Website. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  2. ^ 金子修介 (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. ^ a b Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Godalming, Surrey, England: FAB Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
  4. ^ a b Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 447–449. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  5. ^ 第６回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９８４年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival homepage. 2005-10-30. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  6. ^ １９８５年度 日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  7. ^ Weisser, pp. 272-273
  8. ^ いたずらロリータ 後からバージン (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  9. ^ Weisser, p. 227
  10. ^ ラスト・キャバレー(1988) (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  11. ^ 第１０回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８８年日本映画個人賞. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  12. ^ Sharp. pp. 129-130

External links

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