![]() ![]() įamed for the offensiveness of his films, Lolita: Vibrator Torture ( 1987), dealing with a homeless man who rapes and murders women, is often singled out as Satō's most repulsive film. Another controversial, but highly regarded film from Satō is Promiscuous Wife: Disgraceful Torture ( 1992), for which the director hired the Paris cannibal, Issei Sagawa (aka Kazumasa Sagawa) to appear in a cameo role. Satō's 1990 film, Horse and Woman and Dog, another film featuring Kazuhiro Sano, became a success due to its scandalous scenes involving bestiality between the three characters in the film's title. From this and later films like Hunters' Sense of Touch ( 1995), Satō has gained a reputation as one of the few directors who can competently alternate between gay and heterosexual-themed pink films. For this film, Satō was awarded the grand prize at the Berlin Gay and Lesbian Festival in 1993. Satō's second gay-themed film was Muscle aka Mad Ballroom Gala ( 1988), a tribute to director Pier Paolo Pasolini. That's how we all started working together." Zeze later recalled, "I remember once there was a gay pink film, and Satō wanted to use Sano, so I was the go-between and negotiated with him to appear in it. ![]() Takahisa Zeze worked as Satō's assistant director for the film, and through him began hiring future-director Kazuhiro Sano as an actor in his films. One of the first gay films produced by a major pink film director, the film also brought together three members of the shitenno for the first time. Satō's 1987 Temptation of the Mask was important for several reasons. Intended as a dark meditation on the unhinging effects of grief, the mondo aspects of its climactic scene makes the rather lackluster Mibojin Hentai Jigoku worth seeing." Allmovie comments, "Like Divine's memorable strut through the streets of Baltimore in Pink Flamingos, this scene was shot guerrilla-style, with no planning, and some of the reactions from unsuspecting pedestrians are priceless. One notorious example of this technique can be seen in Widow's Perverted Hell ( 1991) in which the lead actress, nude and bound in S&M gear, appears in a busy downtown location and begs confused passers-by to help her masturbate. ![]() He is famous for his "guerilla shooting technique" in which his actors appear on location in public and incorporate unknowing bystanders into the film. To date, he has directed more than fifty films dealing with eroticism, sadism, and horror among the lower classes of Japan. Satō is a very prolific director, having directed about two dozen films in 19. ![]()
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