Toshiki Sato

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name = Toshiki Sato
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birthdate = 1961
birthplace = Japan
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occupation = Film director and screenwriter
yearsactive = 1989 – present
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awards = nihongo|Toshiki Sato|サトウトシキ|"Sato Toshiki"|extra=born in 1961 is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his "pink films" of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Kazuhiro Sano and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the nihongo|"Four Heavenly Kings of Pink"|ピンク四天王|pinku shitenno. [cite web |url=http://194.21.179.166/cecudine/fe_2002/eng/PinkEiga2002.htm|title=Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Domenig|first=Roland|year=2002|language=English|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20041118094603/http://194.21.179.166/cecudine/fe_2002/eng/PinkEiga2002.htm|archivedate=2004-11-18]

Life and career

Toshiki Sato was born in 1961 and graduated from Nikkatsu Arts School.cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:240351|title=Kedamono|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English] After graduation, Sato worked as an AV (Adult Video) director for a few years before making his film debut in 1989. His debut film was the unsuccessful 1989 "pink film" drama, "The Beast". AV idol Maya Asabuki starred in this film judged "light on drama, but heavy on sex scenes."Weisser, p.480.]

Though he often collaborates, Sato usually writes or co-write his own scripts. His films deal with the difficulties of relationships in modern society, [cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245154|title=Kageki Honban Sho: Ijosha-tachi No Yoru|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English] and his typical subject matter includes "pornographers, panty-sniffers, lesbians, and lusty murderers."cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245168|title=Abnormal Ecstasy|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English] His films often end with the protagonist committing suicide in spectacular style.cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245152|title=Gushonure: Zanshin Aibu|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English] The director's stylistic concerns began to show themselves in his second film, "E-Cup Action Take Two: Rich and Ripe" (1989). [cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245152|title=Gushonure: Zanshin Aibu|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English] Allmovie calls "Latest Bathhouse Sex Technique: Palace of the Soapsud Princess" (1990) an oddly moving film, and one of Sato's most erotic. [cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245153|title=Saishin Soap Technique: Awahime Goten|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English]

"Soaking Wet: Touching All Over the Body" (1990), had an upbeat tone, somewhat atypical for Sato. Actor Toru Nakane was lauded by the mainstream critics for his performance in the film. [Weisser, p.481.] "That's Hentatainment! Perverted Sex Document" (1991) is an exploration of gender which could be interpreted as either a gay or a straight film, depending upon one's personal definitions of gender. [cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245167|title=That's Hentaitainment! Ijo Sex Daizenshu|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English] Sato followed this tale of transexualism with "Abnormal Ecstasy", another, more psychological treatment of the same subject the same year.

In 1995 Sato made the two-part mainstream "Fighting Dragon Story", but continued in the "pink film" genre after that. "I Am Juice" (1996), the second in a series of theatrical releases by Fujii TV, was a popular and profitable lesbian erotic film. [cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:245151|title=Atashi Wa Juice|accessdate=2007-10-06|last=Firsching|first=Robert|publisher=Allmovie|language=English]

Partial filmography

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