Kazunari Takeda

Kazunari Takeda

Director

Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
November 15, 1930

Biography

Director. Worked as an associate director under several directors at Nikkatsu in the 1950s and 60s, including many AD roles on the films of director Seijun Suzuki. He then was promoted to director and went on to become a notable, and fairly active contributor to Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.

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Representative Works

East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
6.0
/ Japanese
Young Breasts
Young Breasts
7.0
/ Japanese
Underworld Beauty
Underworld Beauty
5.9
/ Japanese
Room of Shame
Room of Shame
4.5
/ Japanese
Passport to Darkness
Passport to Darkness
7.5
/ Japanese
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
6.0
/ Japanese
Eight Hours of Terror
Eight Hours of Terror
7.5
/ Japanese
Tokyo Knights
Tokyo Knights
6.9
/ Japanese
Inn of the Floating Weeds
Inn of the Floating Weeds
8.0
/ Japanese
Yami ni dakarete
Yami ni dakarete
5.4
/ Japanese
Age of Nudity
Age of Nudity
7.3
/ Japanese
Monk's Paradise
Monk's Paradise
7.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1998Nominee

Best Director

East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights

Young Breasts
1958Nominee

Best Director

Young Breasts

Underworld Beauty
1958Nominee

Best Director

Underworld Beauty

Career Highlights

Room of Shame
1982Highlight

Best Director

Room of Shame

Passport to Darkness
1959Highlight

Best Director

Passport to Darkness

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