Tetsuji Takechi

Known for: Director
Date of birth: 1912. December 10.
Place of birth: Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

In the 1960s, Takechi entered the film industry by producing controversial soft-core theatrical pornography. His 1964 film Daydream was the first big-budget, mainstream pink film released in Japan. After the release of his 1965 film Black Snow, the government arrested him on indecency charges. The...