AK

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-05-09

Deathday

2011-04-08 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Akira Katō
Akira Katô
Jun Kobayakawa
小早川純

Akira Kato

Biography

Joined Nikkatsu and studied under Ko Nakahira. He is one of the directors that supported the heyday of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. After that he was active mainly on TV dramas.

Known For

Tokyo Pop

7.3%

Tokyo Pop

Apr 15, 1988

High School Girl Story Indecent Fruit

5.6%

High School Girl Story Indecent Fruit

Oct 10, 1997

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

6.6%

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

Aug 14, 1970

Sex Education Mistresses

5.9%

Sex Education Mistresses

Nov 20, 1973

Newlywed Hell

4.2%

Newlywed Hell

Dec 6, 1975

The Slave Wife

5.8%

The Slave Wife

Jun 12, 1976

Flora on the Sand

6.5%

Flora on the Sand

Aug 29, 1964

Swedish Porno: The House of Beasts

5.5%

Swedish Porno: The House of Beasts

Jul 7, 1973

Detective Story

6.5%

Detective Story

Sep 18, 1979

Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey

5.5%

Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey

Sep 22, 1973

Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey

5.5%

Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey

Sep 22, 1973

Tokyo Emmanuelle

1.5%

Tokyo Emmanuelle

Jul 1, 1975

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Directing

1997		High School Girl Story Indecent Fruit as Director
1997		Lost Paradise as Director

1996

Ｆ．ヘルス嬢日記 as Director

1988

Tokyo Pop as Third Assistant Director

1987

Corpse of your Choice as Director

1984

Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken as Director

1983

Akuma no hitojichi as Director

1982		運命の殺意　北信濃母子心中 as Director
1982		Asami Ogawa's Binding: Jin Ping Mei as Director

1981		Sekushî purin: Kuse ni narisô as Director
1981		Love Beast: Red Lips as Director
1981		Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido as Director
1981		Love Beast: Flower of Vice as Director

1980		Momoe's Lips: Love Beast as Director
1980		Nokezoru onna as Director
1980		Jokôsei: Natsu hiraku kuchibiru as Director
1980		Joshidaisei no kokuhaku: Akai yûwakusha as Director

1979		Koichiro Uno's Moist and Steamy as Director
1979		Detective Story as Director
1979		A Certain Seductive Summer as Director
1979		Female Teacher: Dirty Rumor as Director

1978		One Summer Affair as Director
1978		Hateshinaki zecchô as Director

1977		Sixteen Years Old: Nymphets' Room as Director
1977		Being Assaulted as Director
1977		Yakyukyo no uta as Director
1977		Lusty Afternoon as Director

1976		Yojōhan seishun garasu-bari as Director
1976		The Slave Wife as Director
1976		Female Teacher: Cherry Boy Hunt as Director
1976		Koichiro Uno's Up & Wet as Director

1975		Newlywed Hell as Director
1975		Tokyo Emmanuelle as Director
1975		Cape Erimo as Director

1974		Statue in Fire as Director
1974		Hihon: Sode to sode as Director
1974		New Apartment Wife: Afternoon Beast as Director
1974		Damp Bank Notes as Director

1973		Sex Education Mistresses as Director
1973		Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey as Director
1973		Love Makes Me Wet as Director
1973		Swedish Porno: The House of Beasts as Assistant Director

1972		Office Lady Diary: Affair of a She-Cat as Director
1972		The Siren's Song as Director
1972		Romantic Tale: Otomi and Yosaburo as Director
1972		Morning of Ecstasy as Director
1972		Silent Tears as Director
1972		She-Beasts, Warm Bodies as Director

1971		Thirsty for Love as Director
1971		Morning Fog as Assistant Director
1971		Adults Games as Director

1970		Sign of the Jack as Assistant Director
1970		Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Assistant Director

1969		Yabanjin no Nekutai as Assistant Director
1969		Youth Bell as Assistant Director

1968

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit as Assistant Director

Writing

1992		雀鬼　裏麻雀勝負！20年間無敗の男[前編] as Screenplay
1992		雀鬼　裏麻雀勝負！20年間無敗の男[後編] as Screenplay

1978

Furin no gogo: Hada-gurui as Original Story

1974

New Apartment Wife: Afternoon Beast as Screenplay

1973

Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey as Screenplay

1972

Office Lady Diary: Affair of a She-Cat as Screenplay

1971

Thirsty for Love as Screenplay

1969

Gorgeous Leopardess as Writer

1964

Flora on the Sand as Screenplay

Akira Kato