- Koichiro Uno
is a Japanese author of erotic novels. His works have often been filmed, most notably by
Nikkatsu studio in a prolific series of "Roman Porno "s giving the author's name in the title.Life and career
Like many of his novels, "Trembling" is a romantic comedy, written in the first person and narrated by a strong female lead character. This best-selling work was the first that Nikkatsu used as a basis for one of their "
Roman Porno " series of mainstream softcore pornographic films. The success of this 1975 film inspired the the studio to sign Uno to a contract for producing the Koichiro Uno series. [cite book |last=Weisser|first=Thomas|coauthors=Yuko Mihara Weisser|title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films|year=1998|publisher=Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications|location=Miami|isbn=1-88928-852-7|pages=p.441-442] Over the next decade at least 23 films were made in the series. [Japanese Movie Database ]"Koichiro Uno's Dancer of Izu" (1984), starring actress
Kate Asabuki , is generally considered to be the best of the series. Uno wrote the script to this entry directly for the screen as a parody ofYasunari Kawabata 's famous story, "The Dancing Girl of Izu ". In Uno's version, Kawabata's titular classical dancer was instead a stripper. [Weisser, p.447-448.]"Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging" (also 1984) was another critically-praised Uno film. Director
Shusuke Kaneko was given the Yokohama Film Festival award for best new director for this film. [Weisser, p.448.]Filmography
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* 宇能鴻一郎のあげちゃいたいの (1978)
* 宇能鴻一郎の看護婦寮 (1978)
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* 宇能鴻一郎の修道院付属女子寮 (1981)
* 宇能鴻一郎の開いて写して (1981)
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