Ryūichi Hiroki

Name	Ryūichi Hiroki film director, film editor
Birthdate	1954
Birth place	Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan

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

See also

Brisbane International Film Festival

Singapore International Film Festival

External links

Radio interview with Film Director, Ryuichi Hiroki about his film, It's Only Talk

References

Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Film editors Category:Japanese film directors