
Person
Tetsuji Takechi
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Dec 10, 1912
- Died
- Jul 26, 1988
- From
- Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Tetsuji Takechi (武智 鉄二, Takechi Tetsuji; 10 December 1912 – 26 July 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author. First coming to prominence for his theatrical criticism, in the 1940s and 1950s he produced influential and popular experimental kabuki plays. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he continued his innovative theatrical work in noh, kyōgen and modern theater. In late 1956 and early 1957 he hosted a popular TV program, The Tetsuji Takechi Hour, which featured his reinterpretations of Japanese stage classics. In the 1960s, Takechi entered the film industry by producing controversial soft-core theatrical pornography. His 1964 film Daydream was the first big-budget, mainstream pink film released in Japan. After the release of his 1965 film Black Snow, the government arrested him on indecency charges. The trial became a public battle over censorship between Japan's intellectuals and the government. Takechi won the lawsuit, enabling the wave of softcore pink films which dominated Japan's domestic cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. In the later 1960s, Takechi produced three more pink films. In the 1980s he again started pushing boundaries by featuring real unsimulated sex in the 4 movies he directed during this period.
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Assassination

Hymn

Mother

Daydream

Black Snow

Ukiyoe Cruel Story

Day Dream

Women... Oh, Women!
Madame Scandal

Crimson Dream

The Mass Violation

Daydream 2

The Tale of Genji

Oiran

Genjitsu

Sacred Koya
Midnight Sun Dream Episode 1
Midnight Sun Dream Episode 2