Ryūichi Hiroki
| Ryūichi Hiroki film director, film editor | ||
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| Born | 1954 | |
| Birth place: | Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan | |
Ryūichi Hiroki (廣木 隆一 Hiroki Ryūichi) is a Japanese artist, film director, and film editor.
Biography
Ryūichi Hiroki is now one of the most prolific film directors in Japan. He is a pioneer in using digital video to shoot theatrical films in Japan. When he wanted to learn about making films as a student, he found a training opportunity in the pink film industry, a genre of erotic films produced exclusively for theatrical release since the early 1960s. He came into his own with an erotic film Seigyaku-Onna wo Abaku (Catch the Woman Out) in 1982. Hiroki left this genre-specific circuit when he received a scholarship at the Sundance Company in Tokyo. During his stay at Sundance, he wrote the script which he later developed into his film Tokyo Trash Baby (2000).
He is described by one film critic as one of Japan's most fascinating film makers.
Movie awards
Hiroki made more than 40 films and some have won prizes; these include the films made in 2003 and 2005.
It's Only Talk
Hiroki's 2005 film Yawarakai seikatsu (It's Only Talk) won the Grand Prix - Best Film at the 19th Singapore International Film Festival and a Special Mention and Audience Award at the 8th Barcelona Asian Film Festival (2006). It also took a FIPRESCI Award at the Brisbane International Film Festival in 2005. The film was shown at various film festivals, including the 25th Sundance Film Festival.
Vibrator
Hiroki became internationally well known after his movie Vibrator (2003) swept many prizes in Japan and internationally. It won a Festival Prize at the Yokohama Film Festival in 2004. It also took home a Japanese Professional Movie Award in 2004. It won a FIPRESCI Award at the Brisbane International Film Festival in 2004.
Filmography
- April Bride, 2009
- "Kimi no Tomodachi", 2008
- Bakushi, 2007
- Emu (M), 2006
- Love on Sunday, 2006
- It's Only Talk, 2005
- Fîmeiru (Female) Story - Taiyô no mieru basho made, 2005
- Yokan, 2005
- Girlfriend (Someone Please Stop the World), 2004
- L'Amant, 2004
- Kikansha Sensei (Silent Big Man), 2004
- Vibrator, 2003
- Keiji tai Keiji (Cops vs Cops), short film, 2003
- Rihatsu tenshu no kanashimi (The Barber’s Sadness), 2002
- Bikyaku Meiro (Labyrinth of Leg Fetishism), 2001
- Tokyo gomi onna (Tokyo Trash Baby), 2000
- Futei no kisetsu (I Am an S and M Writer), 2000
- Tenshi ni misuterareta yoru (The Night the Angel Turned Away), 1999
- Hareta Hiniwa (On a Brighter Day), 1999
- Midori, 1996
- Gerende ga tokeru hodo koi shitai (A Love to Melt the Snow), 1996
- Kimi to Itsumademo (Forever with you), 1995
- 800 (800 Two Lap Runner), 1994
- Muma (Evil Dream), 1994
- Maougai (Sadistic City), 1993
- Sawako no Koi (A Love Affair with Sawako), 1990
- Doutei Monogatari 4-Bokumo Ski ni Tsuretette (Virgin Story 4-Take me to the skiing), 1989
- Seigyaku-Onna wo Abaku (Catch the Woman Out), 1982
External links
- Ryūichi Hiroki at the Internet Movie Database
- Radio interview with Film Director, Ryuichi Hiroki about his film, It's Only Talk
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