:Toshiya Ueno
{{Short description|Japanese film director (1963–2013)}}
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| birth_date = 2 October 1963{{cite book |last=Sharp|first=Jasper|title=Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema|page= 311|year=2008|publisher=FAB Press|isbn=978-1-903254-54-7}}
| birth_place = Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|4|15|1963|10|2|df=yes}}
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| occupation = Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer
| yearsactive = 1991–present
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{{nihongo|Toshiya Ueno|上野俊哉|Ueno Toshiya}} (2 October 1963 – 15 April 2013)『ぴんくりんく』2013年6月号「上野俊哉監督の死を悼む」 was a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the pink film directors known collectively as the {{nihongo|"Seven Lucky Gods of Pink"|ピンク七福神|pinku shichifukujin}}, a group which comprises Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Yūji Tajiri, Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshirō Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.
Life and career
Ueno began his film career as an assistant director on {{nihongo|"pinku shitenno"|ピンク四天王}} director Toshiki Satō's debut film {{nihongo|Beast|獣 けだもの|Kedamono}} aka Dream Woman (1989). Ueno's directing debut came the following year with {{nihongo|Latest Soap Technique|最新ソープテクニック|Saishin soopu tekunikku}} (1990).{{cite web|url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/history/history.htm|title=Pink Films History|accessdate=2009-06-14|language=Japanese|publisher=P.G. Web Site|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805205210/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/history/history.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.uplink.co.jp/pinkribbon/bangai.html#4|script-title=ja:４．ピンク四天王の時代（1990-1996|accessdate=2009-06-14|language=Japanese|publisher=www.uplink.co.jp}} Ueno acted as an "advance guard" for the pinku shichifukujin group of directors when his Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure (1994) became the first film to win the "Best Film" award at the Pink Grand Prix. Ueno was also awarded Best Director at the ceremony.{{cite web|url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/1994.htm|title=Best Ten of 1994 (１９９４年度ベストテン)|accessdate=January 18, 2009|publisher=P.G. Web Site|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120805220624/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/1994.htm|archivedate=5 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}
Ueno's 2003 film Ambiguous also won the Best Film prize at the Pink Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2003.htm|title=Best Ten of 2003 (２００３年度ベストテン)|accessdate=January 18, 2009|publisher=P.G. Web Site|language=Japanese}} Ueno was given a six-film career retrospective at Tokyo's Athénée Francais in September 2004.Sharp, pp. 311, 330.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1002109}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0193020.htm|script-title=ja:上野俊哉|accessdate=2009-06-14|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
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Toshiya Ueno
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