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Shinji Imaoka is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Assistant Director Japonais born on 1 january 1965 at Osaka City (Japon)

Shinji Imaoka

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Nationality Japon
Birth 1 january 1965 (59 years) at Osaka City (Japon)

Shinji Imaoka (今岡信治 or いまおかしんじ, いまおかしんぢ, Imaoka Shinji) aka 羅門ナカ is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of a group of pink film directors of the 2000s known collectively as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (ピンク七福神, shichifukujin), which besides Imaoka, also includes Toshiya Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Yūji Tajiri, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshirō Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.
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Filmography of Shinji Imaoka (16 films)

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Actor

La La La at Rock Bottom, 1h43
Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Subaru Shibutani, Fumi Nikaidō, Shinji Imaoka, Sarina Suzuki
Roles Hospital Director Fujita
Rating64% 3.2413253.2413253.2413253.2413253.241325
Lors d'un concert en plein air à Osaka, un homme grimpe sur scène, s'empare du micro et se met à chanter. Sa performance étonne et Katsumi, la manager du groupe, cherche à en apprendre plus sur lui, mais le jeune homme est amnésique.

Director

Underwater Love, 1h27
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Pornographic
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Rating55% 2.7522952.7522952.7522952.7522952.752295
Asuka, a woman in her thirties, works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki. But one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned to death when they were 17.
Uncle's Paradise, 1h4
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Shirō Shimomoto, Minami Aoyama, Rinako Hirasawa Données de l'infobox tirées de
Rating48% 2.4161552.4161552.4161552.4161552.416155
This erotic comedy follows the life of Haruo Maekawa, a young man who makes a living catching squid. Haruo is obsessed with catching a legendary giant squid rumored to live in Tokyo Bay. Haruo's uncle Takashi, fallen on hard times, comes to stay with his nephew until he can get back on his feet. Uncle Takashi is addicted to energy drinks, and seduces any woman in sight, including Haruo's girlfriend Rika. After making a sexual conquest, Uncle Takashi "marks his territory" by writing his name in red on the back of the woman. He takes a job as a pizza delivery man, but this job ends when he gets in an accident. While praying at a Shintō shrine, Uncle Takashi is bitten in the scrotum by a poisonous snake and dies. The uncle is destined to spend the afterlife in Hell unless his nephew and girlfriend can rescue him from the King of Hell.
Frog Song
Frog Song (2005)
, 1h5
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Konatsu, Rinako Hirasawa Données de l'infobox tirées de
Rating54% 2.7285152.7285152.7285152.7285152.728515
Akemi is a housewife who discovers her husband has been cheating on her. She makes the acquaintance of a prostitute who hopes to become a manga artist. Another hopeful manga artist, Kyoko, also makes ends meet by working as a part-time prostitute. Akemi moves in with Kyoko and tolerating the practise of her profession while the two come to an understanding of each other's lives.
Lunch Box
Lunch Box (2004)
, 1h5
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Yumika Hayashi, Lemon Hanazawa, Yūji Tajiri
Rating58% 2.926992.926992.926992.926992.92699
The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally. The film ends in tragedy after Yoshioka leaves Aiko.
Despite All That, 1h2
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Rating59% 2.9679352.9679352.9679352.9679352.967935
Naoko, female art teacher suffering from bipolar disorder spends her time at home compulsively chopping cabbage. She occasionally then begins cutting herself, causing her husband, Yoshio, to intervene. Yoshio attempts to help Naoko by dressing as a woman, "Yoshiko", in whom Naoko can confide. Yoshio has a low sex drive, and hopes to stimulate his interest by having Naoko dress as a school girl. When so attired, shopping for appropriately adolescent socks, Naoko meets Kimiko, one of her female students. Kimiko's parents have abandoned her, and she stays with a strange man named Tokio. Naoko suggests that Kimiko come to live with her. At their home, Kimiko proceeds to seduce both Naoko and her husband. During a sex session with Yoshio, she binds him and paints obscenities onto his body.

Scriptwriter

Underwater Love, 1h27
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Pornographic
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.7522952.7522952.7522952.7522952.752295
Asuka, a woman in her thirties, works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki. But one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned to death when they were 17.
Frog Song
Frog Song (2005)
, 1h5
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Konatsu, Rinako Hirasawa Données de l'infobox tirées de
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.7285152.7285152.7285152.7285152.728515
Akemi is a housewife who discovers her husband has been cheating on her. She makes the acquaintance of a prostitute who hopes to become a manga artist. Another hopeful manga artist, Kyoko, also makes ends meet by working as a part-time prostitute. Akemi moves in with Kyoko and tolerating the practise of her profession while the two come to an understanding of each other's lives.
Lunch Box
Lunch Box (2004)
, 1h5
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Yumika Hayashi, Lemon Hanazawa, Yūji Tajiri
Rating58% 2.926992.926992.926992.926992.92699
The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally. The film ends in tragedy after Yoshioka leaves Aiko.
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete, 1h43
Directed by Toshiki Satō
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Actors Nao Ōmori, Makiko Watanabe, Tarō Suwa, Kenji Mizuhashi, Yōji Tanaka
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.961742.961742.961742.961742.96174
La jeune Ai Akai rève de devenir chanteuse, mais elle ne fait que des scéances de photos. Sa meilleure amie lui écrit une chanson avant de mourir. Son agent fait tout pour qu'elle devienne chanteuse, et chante la chanson de son amie.Mais le premier fan d'Ai, qui "vit sa vie", ne l'entend pas de cette oreille, et l'empèchera de chanter cette chanson... Yumenara Samete.
Empty Room
Empty Room (2001)
, 1h9
Directed by Toshiki Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Yūji Tajiri
Rating54% 2.7267952.7267952.7267952.7267952.726795
Le film est un récit assez sombre, rempli d'érotisme, d'un couple qui passe par des difficultés quotidiennes remplies de relations compliquées. Leurs désirs l'un pour l'autre s'estompent progressivement. Pour combler ce manque d'affection et de frustration sexuelle, la femme, Mao Nakagawa (qui a reçu le prix de meilleure actrice), passe d'un amant à un autre en essayant de combler le vide qu'elle recent tandis que son mari, qui n'a pas de travail, passe son temps dans la rue.