Yukio Kitazawa
Biography
Yukio Kitazawa is a veteran Pink Eiga director. He got his start while he was a university student working as an assistant director on legendary film directors Koji Wakamatsu and Satoru Kobayashi’s films. Yukio Kitazawa made his directing debut in 1978 with the Pink Eiga production, “Vagabond Sex.” For this work, he won the Best New Director Award at the Zoom Up Film Festival. Since then, he has worked in various filmmaking formats and genres including Pink Eiga, Nikkatsu Roman Porno, direct-to-video productions, as well as TV commercial. All told he has directed over 170 feature films. In 2009, he completed an independently produced feature film called, “AZA-ARI” (With Bruises). The film was shown to great critical praise and good public response.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Himself
This short documentary explains the unique Japanese film genre of Pink Films (or: Pinku Eiga, as they're called in Japan) - a short-form, independently produced, Japanese erotic movie.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • as Cabaret club client
Yamaguchi Maki felt bored with her husband Koichi's linear, monotonous movements, but she moaned and shook her hips, trying to reach a deeper state of ecstasy. The two had only been married six months...This was the second time Yamaguchi Ryo had met his brother's wife since attending their wedding. Having failed his university entrance exams, Ryo had moved from the Kyushu countryside to attend a cram school in Tokyo, and was now staying with his eldest son, Koichi.