december july japanese theatrical film director critic author coming prominence theatrical criticism 1940s 1950s produced influential popular experimental plays beginning mid-1950s continued innovative theatrical work modern theater late early hosted popular program featured japanese stage classics 1960s entered film industry producing controversial soft core theatrical pornography film big budget mainstream pink film released japan release film government arrested charges trial public battle censorship japan intellectuals government won lawsuit enabling wave pink films dominated japan domestic cinema 1960s 1970s later 1960s produced pink films work film 1970s 1980s remade twice starring actress films remake considered theatrical hardcore pornographic film japan largely unknown japan today influential cinema theater lifetime innovations felt decades helped shape future pink film japan battles governmental censorship earning titles father pink father japanese porn life career early life born osaka december family headed wealthy industrialist studied economics graduated known criticism theoretical writings theater began publishing journal printed writings theater early 1940s began publishing collections writings book form world war came end inheritance father establish theatrical troupe direction group known theatrical ideas giving innovative popular performances classics osaka immediate post world war era difficult time devastation caused major japanese cities result war popular trend reject styles thoughts past early years occupying authorities banned detrimental public morals ban lifted traditional forms theater seen flamboyant violent received attention occupation scholars credit innovative productions classics bringing rebirth interest region low point history reaching theatrical forms modern theater dance new ideas collaboration broke long established barriers existed theatrical forms schools create energetic new form despite nature gave great attention classic texts emphasized actors need inhabit roles played approach new interpretation old texts bringing psychology present classic texts felt actors interpret roles energy felt lacking contemporary performances popular young stars performed born leading figure known period osaka known age honor theater work innovations brought attention family longtime major force comic plays created directed washing river based medieval french play new enter traditional repertoire century saw direct link native japanese folk theatrical tradition wanted link folk traditions modern theater western analogy intentions pointed works roots classical theater shakespeare followed version successful japanese post world war plays having received thousand performances schools theaters japan internationally debut wrote opera version play premiere dan opera performed times making possibly popular opera written japanese dan recruited write original music production play dan combined style solo vocal lines western orchestra chorus program directed east east parody style innovations play inclusion actress usually male cast ultra conservative communities simply appearing rival school production result actor profession public attention drawn relentless publicity work communication media actions actors worked avoided work theatrical theorist director occasionally appeared acting roles stage screen series essays chronicles life 20th century american author translator japanese literature mentions study time appeared performance play role sake shop owner audience including prominent authors writing form art popular public sought similar manner worked avant garde group experimental workshop founded composers artists notable productions group version october directed modern play drum theater round production osaka hall dubious experimental approach classical theater later commented felt like father allowing plastic surgeon operate child hall directed set opera composer controversy created experiments international headlines reported introduced elements slow confirming methods popular productions tokyo music hall played consistently house leaders conservative threatened performer participated productions december february served host program featured interpretations japanese stage classics known pushing limits coverage sexual subjects television time directed performances tokyo long opened productions influence art form continued felt decades departure cinema entrance cinema early 1960s turned stage cinema mainstream film industry considered amateur outsider continue produce ground breaking films sporadically rest life innovations trends japanese erotic cinema films pioneered include big budgets releases literary artistic aspirations political themes theatrical hardcore ran government film career japanese cinema encyclopedia sex films characterize entire film career personal war japanese film rating board turning period art form popular period form expression pornography decided enter film industry new genre low budget independent sex films popular japan films called time commonly referred pink films film night japan woman woman sex documentary style popular time film focused women japan night life included scenes nude performance produced independently studios distributed film allowing international audience released west_germany march opened los_angeles title women women september later year appeared acting role director mother japanese mainstream film nudity gate flesh big budget mainstream pink film year like women women produced independently studios distributed film time studio gave film major publicity campaign based short story film black comedy involving series sex scenes imagined artist office artist watches window performs series sexual acts female patient modest comparison pink films come soon contain female nudity government refused allow controversial shot gave brief glimpse hair fought government censorship shot lost obscured hair white dot film japanese cinema undergo common element japanese erotic cinema decades come despite governmental major success japan screened venice film festival september film released later year director cult film brain wouldn die released new american footage film dream red chamber released months based short stories film depicts violently erotic dreams writer wife sister having spent night drinking visiting sex shows dream underwent extensive censorship government allow released film original content cut rendering film virtually footage considered lost considered national embarrassment japanese government highly publicized release world focused country tokyo olympics film suffered heavily governmental censorship legal action taken fourth film produced controversial previous work credits bringing political theme pink film politics featured later films pink genre notably story concerns young man mother serves military air base prostitute making love loaded gun young man shoots american shot soldiers film contained multiple scenes sexual intercourse lengthy scene nude woman running outside air base sex nudity political nature film attracted governmental action released time widespread demonstration renewal clear anti american theme film critic says film uses sex political statement powerless position japan america japanese populace relation rulers represented outraged japanese women critics accused film racism ultra nationalism writes films criticize japanese society theme share pink films identified problem coming foreign influences marks revolutionary pink film directors claimed ethnic nationalist life points ideological affiliation contains strong racial aspect notes main character murders african american comments incidentally standard shown japanese films invariably act japanese blacks outrage worse government accused earlier films film world war prosecuted government charges copies film confiscated home arrested controversy gained international attention new_york_times reporting passed film considered prosecution government announced plans strictly censor pink film movement japan intellectual artistic community came defense film directors authors testified defense trial took advantage opportunity publicly speak censorship official later admitted terrified man explicitly linking interests pornography forms expression july issue film journal wrote shutting intended suppress new pink film genre trial exact opposite outcome publicity surrounding trial brought pink film genre attention general public helped inspire wave pink films dominated japan domestic cinema decades black snow legal battles trial filmed pink film telling tale like work contains original sexually explicit nature september won black snow case successfully government claiming accusation politically motivated film anti american anti capitalist themes film trial cruel story starring current queen pink films film painter erotic pictures persecuted government personal message containing significant erotic content films pass censor relatively edited saw obvious anti governmental censorship message film wish provoked embarrassing public confrontation outspoken director won court case known risky dangerous entity film world newspapers refused advertise films spent decade concentrating writing projects friend writer committed wrote head best selling fictionalized version incident appeared acting role director film based novel return film year old decided return film series theatrical hardcore films beginning remake titled noticing actress nude photo magazine appearances chose star film japan theatrically released film featuring hardcore sex added controversy surrounding film admitting having performed actual sexual intercourse camera japanese law required sexual organs hair screen called breakthrough film japan hardcore pornographic movie took novel traditional approach covering forbidden areas floating images female players unlike earlier dream version survive circulated underground japan version film released video time netherlands film like films based novel studios involved production film set end 19th century tells story prostitute services american sailors woman possessed spirit dead lover erotic scenes echoing makes presence known sexually aroused large budget involved production distributing studio submitted repeatedly agreed cut reviewing board recommended heavy cutting film received reduced near hardcore historical drama took advantage situation fight complained publicly censorship noticed painted colors ridiculed promoting film line japanese cinema bout vowed produce true hardcore film japanese audiences result based work refused allow film censored way cutting refusing release film japan submit approval instead released guam played primarily japanese tourist audiences years liberal pornography laws film remake starring low budget independent production underwent censorship japan popular form france come films 1980s theatrical hardcore style released dawn adult video height roman films films fit style writes big budget came different world pink roman films like time consequently little influence domestically produced sex films died cancer following year july major studio backing interest general pink film community films faded obscurity japan career subject retrospective showing tokyo legacy points japanese western views legacy different western sources assess major figure early development pink film current japanese sources subject ignore work sharp notes lifetime covered prominently japanese sources speculates legacy largely forgotten homeland partly status outsider japanese film communities mainstream pink films self produced distributed major film companies circuit technically pink films right wing political background conflicts generally revolutionary stance associated pink film death lack studio publicist coverage writers pink film kept work public eye japan west films shown runs reviewed major publications variety preserved remained available genre audiences home video releases lifetime innovations contributions japanese theater general specifically influential decades theoretical work important stars helped bring rebirth world war contributions cinema controversial considered outsider film industry suspected racism nationalism work defended younger generation filmmakers films today unknown japanese career long fight censorship films helped break creative freedom helped enable remains important figure japanese cinema filmography selected writings
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