Sachi Hamano (浜野佐知, Hamano Sachi) a.k.a. Sachiko Hamano (浜野佐知子, Hamano Sachiko)andChise Matoba (的場ちせ, Matoba Chise) (born March 19, 1948), is a Japanese film director. She is the most prolific and written-about female pink film director.[1]
Life and career
Sachi Hamano was born as Sachiko Suzuki in Tokushima Prefecture on March 19, 1948.[1][2] While in high school, Hamano decided she wanted to become a film director.[3] She studied photography for a while in college in Tokyo, then quit to work in film.[1]
"In my 30 years of making porn films, I've always wanted to present them from a woman's perspective." -- Sachi Hamano[4]
Though the film industry was male-dominated and reluctant to hire a female director, Hamano was able to begin working as an assistant director at independent studios beginning in 1968.[3] Early in her career, at the advice of film producers, Hamano dropped the feminine "ko" ending from her name, Sachiko.[1] She has also used the name Chise Matoba for directing credits.[5] She worked for a while at Kōji Wakamatsu's Wakamatsu Pro, then for other major pink film directors including Genji Nakamura.[1] She made her debut as a director in 1971, with Million Film in 17-Year-Old Free Love Tribe (17才好き好き族) (released 1972).[1][3][6]
With the goal of making films from a woman's perspective, in 1984, Hamano founded her own film production company, Tantansha.[3] As a producer and director, she has released over 300 films.[3] For ENK, Hamano filmed the 1990 gay pink filmBlazing Men.[7] Her 1997 film, Whore Hospital was given Honorable Mention at the Pink Grand Prix.[8] In 1998, with the financial support of over 12,000 donations from women throughout Japan, she made the film, In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering the World of the Seventh Sense (第七官界彷徨-尾崎翠を探して), based on the life and work of the female author, Midori Osaki.[3] The film was given the Amari Hayashi Prize at the 2000 Japanese Independent Film Festival.[2]
^ abcdefSharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 296. ISBN978-1-903254-54-7.
^ abcd浜野 佐知 (in Japanese). Director's Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. pp. 296–298, 305, 317, 322, 339, 343, 371, 377. ISBN978-1-903254-54-7.