Takahisa Zeze
Takahisa Zeze | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1989–present |
Movement | Pinku eiga |
Takahisa Zeze (
Life and career
[edit]-- Takahisa Zeze[3]
Takahisa Zeze was born in 1960 and graduated from Kyoto University in 1986. While attending this prestigious university, Zeze began making experimental films. He began his career in the film industry working for Shishi Productions as a screenwriter and assistant director for various pink film directors, including Hisayasu Satō.[4]
Zeze usually writes the scripts for his films, which often contain examinations of social concerns not usually found in the pink film genre. His style is much less violent than Sato's, and rarely includes rape, one of the traditional thematic staples of the pink film from earliest times. Zeze also engages in more satire and self-conscious humor than is typical in the genre. He has the habit of giving his films eccentric titles during their production which the studios replace with a more commercially exploitable name before release. For example, Zeze's title My Existence Is a Phenomenon Based on the Hypothesis of Blue Light Generated by Organic Currency was changed to Amazon Garden: Uniform Lesbians.[4] He sometimes uses whimsical pseudonyms in his directorial credit, such as "Jean-Luc Zeze" or "South Pole #1". After a decade of making pink films, Zeze turned to mainstream releases in 1997 with Kokkuri.[4] While continuing to work in the pink film genre, he has since directed several mainstream successes such as Rush!, Hysteric and Dog Star.[5] In 2002 Zeze was honored with a career retrospective at Italy's Far East Film Festival.[5]
He often works with the cinematographer Kōichi Saitō.
Partial filmography
[edit]Release title[6] | Zeze's title | Release date | Studio |
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Extracurricular Activity: Rape! Kagai Jugyo: Boko |
Go to Haneda and You Will See Kids Dressed like Pirates Ready to Attack | 1989-06-24 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Beast Lust: Devil Rampage Juyoku-ma Ranko |
Blue Sky | 1989-12-02 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Indecent Tongue Technique Harenchi Zetsugi Technique |
Moon Over the Desert | June 1990 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Molester's Train: Rie's Fundoshi Underwear Chikan Densha: Rie no Fundoshi |
Coconut Crush | June 1990 | Media Top/Shintōhō Eiga |
Obscene Runaway Gang: Beast Waisetsu Boso Shudan: Kemono |
Noman's Land | 1991-05-18 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Amazon Garden: Uniform Lesbians Kindan no Sono: The Seifuku Les |
My Existence Is a Phenomenon Based on the Hypothesis of Blue Light Generated by Organic Currency | 1992-10-10 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Molester's Train: Mischievous Wives Chikan Densha: Ikenai Tsuma-tachi |
My Train Is Supposed to be Going North But It's Going South | 1992-11-28 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Widow: Bliss on the Seventh Day of Mourning Mibojin: Shonanuka no Modae |
The Monk Farted | 1993-03-19 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Widow: Bliss in a Mourning Dress Mibojin: Mofuku no Modae |
Modern Story About Bandits | 1993-11-19 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
High Class Bathhouse Sex Technique: Blissful Secret Acts Kokyu Soap Technique: Monzetsu Higi The Dream of Garuda |
Dream of the Phoenix | 1994-04-22 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Genuine Lesbian: Embarrassing Position Honban Les: Hazukashii Taii |
Fallen Angels in September | 1994-11-25 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Lots of Dirty Stuff すけべてんこもり Sukebe Tenkomori |
End of the World | 1995-07-28 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Endless Sex Owaranai Sex |
Night-Chirping Locust | 1995-09-15 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Red Love Affair 赫い Akai Joji |
The Expected Scene | 1996-01-12 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga |
Kokkuri / Fox Spirit KOKKURI・こっくりさん Kokkuri-san |
1997-05-24 | Nikkatsu | |
Woman with Black Underwear: Snake-Headed Fish Kuroi Shitagi no Onna: Raigyo |
1997-05-31 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga | |
Anarchy in Japansuke: The Woman Who Comes When Watched アナーキー・インじゃぱんすけ Anaakii in jyapansuke: mirarete iku onna |
1999-04-23 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga | |
Hysteric | I Don't Want to Let You Go Until Dawn | 2000-05-06 | Legend Pictures |
Tokyo X Erotica トーキョー×エロティカ Tokyo X Erotica: Shibireru Kairaku |
2001-08-31 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga | |
Rush! | 2001-06-23 | ElkInfinity | |
Dog Star ドッグ・スター |
2002-04-27 | Omega Micott Inc./Legend Pictures | |
SF Whipped Cream | 2002-12-14 | Twins Japan | |
Moon Child | 2003-04-19 | Shochiku/Mainichi Shimbun/WoWow | |
Yuda 「エロス "Eros Honban" Series: Yuda |
2004-08-21 | EuroSpace | |
A Gap in the Skin Hada no Sukima |
2004-12-07 | Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga | |
Sanctuary | 2006-10-07 | Legend Pictures | |
Shisei: Ochita Jorōgumo | 2007-01-13 | NTT Resonant/Art Port | |
Heaven's Story | 2010-10-02 | ||
Antoki no Inochi | 2011-11 | Shochiku | |
Strayer's Chronicle | 2015-06-27 | ||
64: Part I | 2016-05-07 | ||
64: Part II | 2016-06-11 | ||
Nariyuki na Tamashii | 2017 | ||
The 8-Year Engagement | 2017 | Shochiku | |
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine | 2018 | ||
My Friend "A" | 2018 | ||
The Promised Land | 2019 | Kadokawa | |
Threads: Our Tapestry of Love | 2020 | Toho | |
In the Wake | 2021 | Shochiku[7] | |
Tomorrow's Dinner Table | 2021 | Kadokawa | |
Fragments of the Last Will[8] | 2022 | Toho | |
One Last Bloom[9] | 2023 | Gaga | |
The Boy and the Dog[10] | 2025 | Toho |
References
[edit]- ^ "Zeze Takahisa". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Domenig, Roland (2002). "Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga". Archived from the original on 18 November 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- ^ Zeze, Takahisa quoted in "Takahisa Zeze interview". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- ^ a b c Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Takahisa Zeze)". Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 487. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
- ^ a b "Takahisa Zeze interview". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- ^ Filmography from Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Takahisa Zeze)". Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 487–492. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.; Takahisa Zeze at IMDb and "
瀬 々敬久 (Takahisa Zeze)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 4 October 2007. - ^ "
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佐藤 浩市 ×横浜 流星 W主演 !瀬 々敬久 監督 映画 『春 に散 る』公開 ". Cinema Cafe. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022. - ^ "
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- "Takahisa Zeze interview". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- "Takahisa Zeze". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- "Takahisa Zeze". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
- Takahisa Zeze at IMDb
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瀬 々敬久 (Takahisa Zeze)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 1 July 2007. - Toda, Miho (4 March 2003). "Takahisa Zeze Interview" (in Japanese). channel.slowtrain.org. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). "Spotlight: Four Kings of Pink (Takahisa Zeze)". Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 487–492. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.