is a Japanese
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
, and
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
. Including
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the ''pink film'' genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional ''pink film'' audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his ...
,
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the ''pink film'' genre.
Early life and education
Yoshiyuki studied economics at Dokkyo University.
Career
During her studies at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki deve ...
and
Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top ''
pink film
in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equi ...
'' directors of Ōkura Productions (OP) at the turn of the millennium.
Life and career
Tarō Araki first entered the film industry as an extra in 1981.
He began his behind-the-camera work through Kokuei studio in 1985. There he worked as assistant director on such films as Yukio Kitazawa's ''Wet Virgin: Obscene Assault'' (1985) and
Kazuhiro Sano
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his ''pink films'' of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Satō and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the . Sano's films differ from those of oth ...
's first film as director, aka ''Last Bullet''.
Araki often appears as an actor in his films as well as in films by other directors. His performance in (1995) earned Araki a Best Actor, 2nd Place award at the
Pink Grand Prix.
Araki's directorial debut was with in 1996. His approach to the ''pink film'' is different from that of many of the more prominent directors of the last two decades such as the groups known as the and . Araki has a more populist impulse to his filmmaking, and is a vocal opponent of making a film to please one's self rather than the audience. He intentionally tries to please the traditional theatrical ''pink film'' audience, particularly those outside the large cities, rather than the more intellectual critics and fans who are represented by ''P*G'' magazine and the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.
Nevertheless, Araki has proven himself a successful director at the Pink Grand Prix. Besides the acting and Best New Director awards, Araki's film ''
Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay'' (2000) was chosen as Best Film, and his ''Sister-in-Law's Wet Thighs'' (2001) earned Araki an award for Best Director.
Additionally, he has had numerous films on the Pink Grand Prix's yearly Top-Ten list.
Partial filmography
Pink Grand Prix
* 2000 1st place:
* 2001 4th place:
* 2001 Honorable mention:
* 2002 7th place:
* 2002 10th place:
* 2003 6th place:
* 2003 8th place:
* 2004 2nd place:
* 2008 7th place:
Pinky Ribbon Awards
* 2004 Gold prize:
* 2004 Pearl prize:
* 2005 Silver prize:
Bibliography
English
*
*
*
*
Japanese
*
*
*
References
, -
! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" ,
Pink Grand Prix
, -
{{DEFAULTSORT:Araki, Taro
Japanese male film actors
Pink film actors
Japanese film directors
Pink film directors
Japanese screenwriters
1961 births
Living people