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Koichi Imaizumi | BIO
Starting his career as a performer of Tokyo Grand-Guignol, a theatrical performance company, since 1990, he has acted in over 100 titles of primarily “pink” (Japanese romantic porn) films. Since 1998, he has written the screenplays for three successful gay porn films.
In 1999, he co-founded 'habakari-cinema+records'. His independent filmmaking began then. He made his directorial debut in 1999 with Angel in the Toilet, followed by NAUGHTY BOYS in 2002. In 2004, he curated and produced Queer Boys and Girls on the SHINKANSEN (Bullet Train), an omnibus of ten short films including his own I Want You to Kiss Me .Hatsu-koi (First Love)(2007)is his fourth film as director. All of his films have been shown at a lot of International Film Festivals in the past years including Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin,Germany. As a performer, he participated in Takao Kawaguchi’s production, “The Centre of the World”, which was presented in the Nextwave Dance Festival in 2000. |