Mitsuru Meike
Born (1969-05-11) May 11, 1969 (age 55)[1]
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active1996–present

Mitsuru Meike (女池充, Meike Mitsuru) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (ピンク七福神, shichifukujin) which comprises Meike, Toshiya Ueno, Yūji Tajiri, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshirō Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.[2]

Life and career

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Mitsuru Meike's introduction to the film industry was as assistant director to prominent female pink film director Sachi Hamano.[3] He later worked at Outcast Produce with Toshiya Ueno and under the mentorship of "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (ピンク四天王, pinku shitenno) director, Toshiki Satō, whom he served as assistant director beginning in 1992.[1][3] Meike's directorial debut was with the V-cinema film, Confinement (監禁, Kankin) (1996).[1][3] He made his theatrical directorial debut in 1997 with Shintōhō Eiga's Lascivious Nurse Uniform Diary: Two or Three Times, While I'm Wet for which he won the Best New Director prize at the Pink Grand Prix.[4][5] His 2002 film Shameful Family: Pin Down Technique won Meike the Best Director title, and was named the fifth best pink release of the year at the Pink Grand Prix.[6]

Meike is one of the most experimental and daring of the shichifukujin directors.[3] His 2003 film The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai concerns a call-girl who becomes a super-genius after she is inadvertently shot by a North Korean in negotiations with a Middle Eastern man in a coffee shop. A frantic search for a rubber model of George W. Bush's finger, capable of releasing the U.S.'s nuclear arsenal, ensues.[7] The film became a surprise international hit, playing at 20 film festivals and having a theatrical release in the U.S. in 2006.[8]

Award-winning films

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"Ten Best" films, Pink Grand Prix

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Pinky Ribbon Awards

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Bibliography

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English

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Japanese

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "ja:女池 充: デビューを小分けに" (in Japanese). Director's Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  2. ^ Domenig, Roland (2002). "Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga". Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  3. ^ a b c d Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
  4. ^ "Pink Films History" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  5. ^ "Best Ten of 1997 (１９９７年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  6. ^ "Best Ten of 2002 (２００２年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  7. ^ Sharp. Behind the Pink Curtain (2008), pp. 318-319.
  8. ^ Sharp, Jasper. "Pink thrills: Japanese sex movies go global". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
Awards and achievements Pink Grand Prix Preceded byToshiro Enomotofor Forbidden Affair: Adulterous Wife Legs Spread Wide Open Pink Grand Prix for New Best DirectorMitsuru Meike 1997for Lascivious Nurse Uniform Diary: Two or Three Times, While I'm Wet Succeeded byYoshitaka Kamatafor Dangerous Affair: Drool of the Beast Preceded byTarō Arakifor Sister-in-Law's Wet Thighs Pink Grand Prix for Best DirectorMitsuru Meike 2002for Shameful Family: Pin Down Technique Succeeded byMinoru Kunizawafor Irresistable Angel: Suck It All Up
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