Masayuki Asao

Master of Japanese pink cinema, Masayuki Asao, was born in 1946 in Tokyo, Japan. He was active from the 1970s to the 1990s and primarily worked in the pink film genre, with his most famous films including "Fairy in a Cage" and "Rope and Skin." Though not a recipient of awards at major film festivals, Asao’s work is celebrated for its unique blend of eroticism and narrative complexity, encompassing an unconventional approach that defied the norms of the genre. Masayuki Asao, a true maverick in his field, painted vivid pictures of desire and deviance with an unflinching yet strangely poetic lens.