Daisuke Yamanouchi
Directing
Biography
Daisuke Yamanouchi (山内大輔, Yamanouchi Daisuke, born 4 July 1972) is a Japanese film director who has worked in mainstream film, pink film, straight-to-video V-cinema and adult videos (AV). In 1994, Yamanouchi submitted his short film Blood Red Girls (血の赤に染めろ) to the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize in the Off Theater Competition. The following year, he worked as an Assistant Director under Keita Amemiya on the fantasy film, Moon Over Tao: Makaraga (タオの月, Tao no tsuki), which was released in November 1997. From 1998 to 2000, Yamanouchi wrote and directed a number of straight-to-video V-cinema productions, usually involving extreme gore and horror, such as Red Room, Girl Hell 1999 and Dead a Go! Go!, which were later released on DVD in the United States. These DVDs became well enough known in the United States to give Yamanouchi a mention in Alexandra Heller-Nicholas' 2011 book Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. In 2002, Yamanouchi made his directorial debut in pink film, with Maria Yumeno: Chō-inran onna no shiseikatsu starring AV Idol Maria Yumeno. His 2006 pink film, Beautiful Lesbian Sisters: On the Day of Mourning... won the Best Film, 4th Place at the 2006 Pink Grand Prix ceremony. He won a second award when his December 2010 film, Irokoi sata Sadako no bôken: Watashi no ai shita shôgu-tachi yo..., took the Best Film, 1st Place prize at the 2011 Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Yamanouchi also ventured a bit into the Japanese adult video (AV) field with the Global Media Entertainment studio in 2005, directing four videos in their Boshisōkan yūgi series, featuring older women and incest themes. In addition to his work in pink film, Yamanouchi continued writing and directing dozens of V-cinema movies, many in the horror and science fiction genres. In 2014, he was the editor of Yutaka Ikejima's film about a minor actor in the Japanese adult video (AV) industry, Oyaji Actor Z (おやじ男優Z, Oyaji danyū Z).
Known For

Rei is a college student in the midst of finding a job. She confesses her love to Mikio, a senior whom she admires. Mikio soon demands that she perform perverted acts.
Revenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE

In a small fishing village in northern Kanto, Nami stands at the edge of the dock, waiting for her husband’s boat to return. While waiting, Nami lives with her father-in-law, Gengoro, who uses her nightly as he pleases. One day, a man named Kaneda washes up at the port, in hiding after committing a heinous sex crime, and begins to work for a fisherman named Kunio. While Kaneda is doing his best to reform his life, all hell breaks loose when he crosses paths with Nami, and his natural urges kick back in.
The Fisherman's Wife

This woman melts when gently simmered... Full of volume! A hearty meal... The purpose of the sponsor was my wife's breasts!? This work is an erotic drama that depicts a couple who abandon their mother with dementia due to the hardships of life, and a couple whose wife's body kills a sponsor who is manipulated by a mysterious fate.
Koku maro oppai: Kakimazerareta watashi

It was a middle-aged man, Misawa, who described himself as a “pimp” when he talked to Miyuki, who had just finished the farewell saying, “Uncle has no money.” Miyuki is gradually fascinated by Misawa's strange charm.
Hame ochi inkô: Waisetsu na kizuna

After learning Otoya's secret marriage, Junpei is torn, but Otoya offers a solution: move in together as roommates, navigating their complicated feelings.
My Rosy Life, His Rosy Passion

Seventeen-year-old Misaki endures a life marred by tragedy and abuse. Abandoned by her mother and forced to care for her bedridden sister, her home life becomes a battlefield of psychological terror, dominated by a father whose actions cross into the realm of the unthinkable. At school, Misaki finds no solace as her closest friend succumbs to the allure of degradation for material gain. The culmination of her suffering arrives through a series of brutal assaults, each encounter dragging her further into a vortex of despair, with only a mentally ill homeless woman offering a semblance of maternal comfort.
Girl Hell

Akira is a 30-year-old salaryman married to novelist Sonoko. After five years of marriage things between them have cooled and now they barely speak. One evening Akira is suddenly struck with an unbearable headache and, after being taken to the hospital, is told his illness is life-threatening. At the same time, a strange change starts to take over Akira’s body. The Akira who walks out of the operating theater has transformed into a woman!
Love You Just as You Are

Erotic drama starring sexy actress Yu Kawakami. Every morning, Yuzuki writes a three-size note on her notebook and diets. She has been married to her husband, Masaji, the OL era seven years. What I found out after marriage was that Masashi was a hardcore sadist, a pervert with unusual obsession with women's stockings. On the weekend, Masashi buys one week's stockings and gives them to Yuzuki. Yuzuki has been wearing pantyhose for 24 hours except for baths and toilets under the order of Masashi. One night, during Masashi's selfish pantyhose play, he finds a small line on his thigh. The manager of the store, Kazuto, is called with angry anger. Masaji laughs and Kazuto bites her lips with regret, telling her to complain about this case as a scandal.
Frustration Married Woman Yuzuki

People tell lies with words through their cerebral neocortex. However, the moment before a person speaks, the mental reflexes of the limbic system will be apparent.
Silent Voice

A former actress trapped in an emotionally abusive marriage finds solace in cooking, until meeting an Italian chef who inspires her to reclaim her life.
The Secret Kitchen

Set in a large company that retains an old hot-blooded constitution, the protagonist, Ren Hitomi, who is too stupid and pure, and the heroine, Naomi Mano, who struggles every day with the hope of changing the company, face the various problems of employees in the company with a unique human resources department and face the various problems of modern people".
HR Hero

A small theatre troupe, "ENGINE," has its rehearsal hall in a dirty building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka. The young members of the troupe, including their lead actress Yamaguchi Mai, are working hard on their rehearsals, even skipping their sleep as the Tokyo performance is just around the corner. The piece they are working on this time is "DICE," the troupe's most famous work. It is a deeply memorable work for the troupe, which was first performed 10 years ago and will make its first performance in Tokyo soon. Therefore, the leader of the troupe, Mr Shigemori, is more enthusiastic than usual, but he is not satisfied with the performance of the troupe members and is becoming increasingly dissatisfied. Then... Mai discovers a VHS videotape labelled "DICE" in the company's archives. It contained rehearsal footage of the first performance 10 years ago... As soon as Mai and her friends see the videotape, strange and inexplicable phenomena begin to occur around them...
OTHELLO

Michiru is a mysterious sex worker who visits a suburban motel once every year. In addition to her beautiful looks, she possesses a strange power: clients who have sex with her begin to perceive her as the woman they long for most. [Exists in two different versions (R15 and R18) with two different titles.]
Magic Love

Masayuki visits a hot spring inn hidden deep in the mountains. He first visited the inn five years ago with his wife Yukari, who is no longer around. During Masayuki’s stay, the inn’s landlady, Tamami, makes him feel right at home — but then his former mistress Miyu pays him an unexpected visit… [Exists in two different versions (R18 and R15) with three diffferent titles.]
The Secret of the Old Hot Spring Inn

Mizawa remarries following a tragedy with his previous family. His new wife has a daughter, Mikayo. The three of them take a trip to Okinawa... [Exists in two versions : a R18+ version ("Hentai kazoku: Aoi umi ni idakarete") and a R15+ version ("Yearning no shima")]
Perverted Family

A boy meeting his girlfriend's father for the first time. Visiting a hospitalized high school classmate. The last drink between a failed entertainer and his manager. Combat that ends up in a rap battle. A conversation between sisters at their mother's funeral. An encounter between two random time travelers.
Meters Away, Worlds Apart

An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Skip" (スキップ) A man receives a unique door key with the power to transport him to the future, but the cost is steep: once he enters, he can never return. >> Story 2: "Yutosei" (優等生) One day, a high school girl receives her first-ever zero score in class. >> Story 3: "Fukkatsu no Jumon" (ふっかつのじゅもん) While cleaning his parents' house with his son, a man discovers the video game "Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line" and a piece of paper with a mysterious phrase, "Fukatsu no Jumon," written in 48-character hiragana. >> Story 4: "Kin no Tamago" (金の卵) One day, a housewife buys eggs at the supermarket and notices they're shining golden.
Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special

Homma, a shy and hard-working car mechanic, said goodbye to Mao (Maya Sawamura), a delivery health girl who has forgiven her heart for three years. This is because he started dating with an office lady named Yurie (Meguri) who he met at a matchmaking party and got engaged. Mao was a little jealous when he realized that he secretly loved Honma, but wished for the relationship between adults and the happiness of Honma. On the way home one day, Homma found a dirty kokeshi doll, cleaned it with a handkerchief moistened with water, and placed it on the flowerbed. That night, a strange young woman (Yui Kawagoe) visited the room. She forcibly went up to the room and said that she was a kokeshi doll...
Seiai scandal: Kokeshi to hanayome

When housewife Fumino wakes up in the middle of the night, she witnesses a mysterious woman in red clothing in her home. When she follows the woman's back, she sees her own back, and when she goes up the stairs, she sees her husband having sex with a woman who looks just like her.
Hitozuma kaidan inyoku musebinaki

Yukiko, a member of a movie study group, follows the rumor of a ghost that inhabits an abandoned movie theater with two of her study group cohorts, Shinoda and Imamura, in order to film the ghost of an actress roams there. After she watch an old film, strange things begin to happen around her. When Shinoda goes missing, she goes back to the theater to find the truth of the place, despite her fear.