Behind the Scenes Stills Vol. 2

Save the best for the last? Actually, I included my favourite stills in the first post, so this is the left overs. Enjoy.

In the first picture load we’ll take a look at behind the scenes of Nikkatsu pink films. While often a pain to sit through, these films have given the start for many famous directors’ careers, including as Shinji Somai (Taifu Club), Yojiro Takita (Departures), Shusuke Kaneko (Death Note), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata), Ryuichi Hiroki (It’s Only Talk), Hideo Nakata (Ring), Yoshimitsu Morita (The Family Game), Akihiko Shiota (Gaichu) and Masayuki Suo (Shall We Dance).

Hideo Nakata (red & white shirt) and Masaru Konuma (on the right)

Koyu Ohara, Noboru Tanaka, Masaru Konuma and producer Yoshihiro Yuhki

Konuma filming

Tatsumi Kumashiro directing the film Ichijo Sayuri (1972)

Moving away from the pink genre, here we have Hideo Gosha (middle) and Yukio Mishima (left) making Hitokiri (1969)

Gosha and actor Tatsuya Nakadai shooting Kai (1985)

Yasuharu Hasebe directing the bad girls of Stay Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)

Hasebe at the sets of of Stay Cat Rock Sex Hunter (1970)

Same movie, new problem. Meiko Kaji worries about her make up. Rikiya Yasuoka on the right.