Tetsuji Takechi

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-12-10

Deathday 1988-07-26 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Tetsuji Takechi

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

1987
Daydream 2

as Director

1983
Oiran

as Director

1981
Day Dream

as Director

1973
Madame Scandal

as Director

1968
Ukiyoe Cruel Story

as Director

1968
The Mass Violation

as Director

1966
The Tale of Genji

as Director

1965
Black Snow

as Director

1964
Day-Dream

as Director

1964
Crimson Dream

as Director

1963

Writer

1987
Daydream 2

as Writer

1983
Oiran

as Writer

1981
Day Dream

as Writer

1973
Madame Scandal

as Screenplay

1968
The Mass Violation

as Adaptation

1968
Ukiyoe Cruel Story

as Screenplay

1966
The Tale of Genji

as Screenplay

1965
Black Snow

as Writer

1964
Day-Dream

as Writer

1964
Crimson Dream

as Screenplay

Actor

1972
Hymn

as Yasuzaemon

1964
Assassination

as Hisamizu Shimazu

1963
Mother

as Madame's man

Producer

1966
The Tale of Genji

as Executive Producer