a.k.a. , , and 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 Satō, he is known as one of the .
Life and career Toshiki Satō was born in 1961 and graduated from Nikkatsu Arts School. After graduation, Satō was scheduled to make his directorial debut in 1986 with the pink film studio, Million Film, but this project was canceled when the studio ceased production that year. Satō worked as an AV (Adult Video) director for a few years, and made two films for Nikkatsu's post-Roman Porno subsidiary, Nikkatsu Video, in 1988. 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, Satō usually writes or co-write his own scripts. His films deal with the difficulties of relationships in modern society, and his typical subject matter includes "pornographers, panty-sniffers, lesbians, and lusty murderers". His films often end with the protagonist committing suicide in spectacular style. The director's stylistic concerns began to show themselves in his second film, E-Cup Action Take Two: Rich and Ripe (1989). Allmovie calls Latest Bathhouse Sex Technique: Palace of the Soapsud Princess (1990) an oddly moving film, and one of Satō's most erotic.
Soaking Wet: Touching All Over the Body (1990), had an upbeat tone, somewhat atypical for Satō. Actor Tōru 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. Satō followed this tale of transsexualism with Abnormal Ecstasy, another, more psychological treatment of the same subject the same year.
In 1995 Satō made the two-part mainstream Fighting Dragon Story, but continued in the pink film genre after that. Atashi wa juice (1996), the second in a series of theatrical releases by Fujii TV, was a popular and profitable lesbian erotic film.
Partial filmography Release titleFilmography from ; and Satō's titleRelease dateStudio Beast獣 けだものKedamono Woman of Dreams 1989-03-04 Burst Brain/Shintōhō Eiga E-Cup Real Action Take Two: Rich & RipeEカップ本番 II 豊熱E-Cup Honban II: Hojuku Landscape with a Key 1989-04-29 Burst Brain/Shintōhō Eiga Mizue Tashiro's The Genuine Orgasm田代水絵 ザ・本番アクメ おいしい水の作り方Tashiro Mizue The Honban Acme How to Make Good Tasting Water 1989-08-12 Burst Brain/Shintōhō Eiga Soaking Wet: Touching All Over the Bodyぐしょ濡れ全身愛撫 BODY TOUCHGushonorue: Zenshin Aibu Forbidden Zone February 1990 Burst Brain/Shintōhō Eiga Latest Bathhouse Sex Technique: Palace of the Soapsud Princess最新ソープテクニック2 泡姫御殿Saishin Soap Technique: Awahime Goten Yoshiwara District August 1990 Media Top/Shintōhō Eiga Extremely Wild Genuine Sex: Night of the Perverts過激本番ショー 異常者たちの夜Kageki Honban Sho: Ijosha-tachi no Yoru Night of the Perverts December 1990 Outcast Produce/Shintōhō Eiga That's Hentatainment! Perverted Sex Documentザッツ変態テインメント 異常SEX大全集That's Hentatainment! Ijo Sex Daizenshi Hobby 1991-04-27 Outcast Produce/Shintōhō Eiga Abnormal Ecstasyアブノーマル・エクスタシー Late Blooming 1991-11-02 Outcast Produce/Shintōhō Eiga Special Live Show: Sex Video特別（生）企画 ザ・投稿ビデオTokubetsu Nama Kikaku: Toko Video The Home Sex Video 1992-06-06 Outcast Produce/Shintōhō Eiga Promiscuous Wife's Sexuality: Pleasure Hunting不倫妻の性 快楽あさりFurin-zuma no Sei: Kairaku-asari Simple Story 1992-08-29 Outcast Produce/Shintōhō Eiga Molester's Commuter Train: Office Lady's Sexuality痴漢通勤電車 OLたちの性Chikan Tsukin Densha: OL-tachi no Sei Sex * Conversation * Commuter Train 1993-04-02 Outcast Produce/Shintōhō Eiga Petting Lesbians: Sensitive Zoneペッティング・レズ 性感帯Petting Lez: Seikan-tai Naomi 1993-10-01 Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga Molester's Train Housewife: Madam is a Pervert痴漢電車人妻篇 奥様は痴女Chikan Densha Hitozuma-hen: Okusama wa Chijo In TandemFor a review as Tandem (1994) see: 1994-04-01 Outcast/Shintōhō Eiga Lots of Peeping: Hot Underpanties of a Lover覗きがいっぱい 愛人の生下着Nozoki ga Ippai: Aijin no Nama-shitagi "Tomorrow Joe" is Alive 1994-07-01 Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!悶絶本番 ぶちこむ！！Monzetsu Honban: Buchikomu! Like a Rolling Stone 1995-02-10 Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga Fighting Dragon Story闘龍伝Toryu-den 1995-02-10 SHS Project Fighting Dragon Story 2闘龍伝2Toryu-den 2 June 1995 SHS Project Lunatic 1996-06-01 Excellent Film Kawarasaki Family河原崎家の一族Kawarasaki-ke no Ichizoku 1996-06-07 Pink Pineapple Adultery Diary: One More Time While I'm Still WetFurin nikki: nureta mama mō ichidō 1996-07-05 Kokuei /Shintōhō Eiga I Am JuiceアタシはジュースAtashi wa juice 1996-07-13 Fujii/Tohokushinsha Film Apartment Wife: Moans from Next Door団地妻 隣りのあえぎDanchi-zuma: tonari no aegi 2000-06-01 Kokuei /Shintōhō Eiga Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete 2002-08-24 Cuffs / Lost Virginロスト・ヴァージン やみつき援助交際Tejyo 2002-09-27 Kokuei/Shintōhō Eiga
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