Takahisa Zeze
- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1960 in Tochigi, Japan
- Active Years
- 1982–2027 (46 Years)
- Total Credits
- 201 credits in database
Directing Born May 24, 1960 Tochigi, Japan 201 credits
Biography
Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer born on May 24, 1960. He was born in Matama, Oita, Japan, which is now Bungotakada, Oita. Zeze is recognized for his work in pink films during the 1990s and is identified as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Pink alongside directors Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Sato, and Hisayasu Sato. His known credits include Akai joji, Kindan no sono: Za seifuku rezu, and Anarchy in Japan-Suke. He graduated from the Kyoto University Faculty of Letters Department of Philosophy. In 2019, he received the 92nd Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay for his self-written work. He has also been known by the names Toshihisa Suzuki and Ryuta Otomo.
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Career overview
Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer born on May 24, 1960. He graduated from the Kyoto University Faculty of Letters Department of Philosophy. Zeze first became known for his work in pink films during the 1990s. Alongside fellow directors Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is recognized as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Pink. Among his known directing and writing credits are the films Kindan no sono: Za seifuku rezu from 1992, Akai jôji from 1996, and Anarchy in Japan-Suke from 1999. His other known works include the film Life Back Then, which featured a Q&A with director Takahisa Zeze and Masaki Okada from the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, and Heaven's Story, which featured a director Q&A from the 2011 Jeonju International Film Festival. In 2019, Zeze won the Best Director Award and the Best Screenplay Award at the 92nd Kinema Junpo Awards for his self-written work. Throughout his career, he has accumulated numerous known credits in directing and has also been known by alternative names such as Toshihisa Suzuki and Ryuta Otomo.
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Career timeline
All That Exists · Director
Hollow Cross · DirectorSukiyaki · DirectorCry Out · Director
The Boy and the Dog · Director
One Last Bloom · DirectorOne Last Bloom · ScreenplayBreakfast of the Movie
Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break · DirectorFragments of the Last Will · DirectorTonbi · Director
In the Wake · ScreenplayIn the Wake · DirectorTomorrow's Dining Table · Director
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love · Director
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation · DirectorThe Promised Land · DirectorThe Promised Land · Screenplay
My Friend "A" · DirectorMy Friend "A" · ScreenplayThe Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine · DirectorThe Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine · Screenplay
The Lowlife · DirectorThe Lowlife · ScreenplayThe 8-Year Engagement · DirectorRandom Lives · DirectorRandom Lives · Screenplay
Cold Case: Door of Truth · Writer64: Part 1 · Director64: Part 1 · Screenplay64: Part 2 · Director64: Part 2 · Screenplay
Strayer's Chronicle · DirectorStrayer's Chronicle · ScreenplayJapanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
A Sinner's Lie · DirectorMaria's Breast · DirectorMaria's Breast · Screenplay
この森を通り抜ければ · Script Editorこの森を通り抜ければ · Director
Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic CinemaLife Back Then · DirectorLife Back Then · Writer
Heaven's Story · DirectorWhen You Love And When You Are Loved · Director
Pandemic · DirectorPandemic · ScreenplayI’m a Cat StalkerDocumentary Zuno Keisatsu · Director
Tear Jar · DirectorFlying Rabbits · Director
Si-Sei 2 -The Fallen Spider- · DirectorPrisoner/TerroristSixteen
Cat and Goldfish Love Story · DirectorSanctuary · DirectorSanctuary · Writer
Look of LoveA Gap in the Skin · DirectorMaboroshi no tokkô kichi: tatakai wa imada owarazu · Director
Secret Journey · ScreenplaySecret Journey · Director
Moon Child · DirectorMoon Child · WriterKaettekita! Deka Matsuri · Director
Dog Star · DirectorSF Whipped Cream · DirectorSF Whipped Cream · Writer
Tokyo X Erotica · DirectorTokyo X Erotica · WriterRush! · DirectorRush! · ScreenplayFairy no onna: Namatori nozoki · Screenplay
Lewd Dream: Wandering Memories · ScreenplayThe Breed · DirectorThe Breed · WriterThug Business Worker Sabu · ScreenplayHysteric · Director
Anarchy in JapansukeAnarchy in Japansuke · DirectorAnarchy in Japansuke · ScreenplaySex Friend Nurezakari · ScreenplayForbidden Door: Sexual Urge in the Skirt · Director
Dirty Maria · ScreenplayDirty Maria · DirectorThe Cold-Blooded Trap · DirectorThe Cold-Blooded Trap · ScreenplayNo Man, No Cry · Screenplay
Raigyo · DirectorRaigyo · ScreenplayKokkuri · DirectorKokkuri · Writer
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVEMeshû: Torokeru Kashin · DirectorMeshû: Torokeru Kashin · ScreenplayUpcoming Scenery · ScreenplayUpcoming Scenery · Director
Full Filmography
201 titles- All That Exists (2027) Director
- Hollow Cross (2026) Director
- Sukiyaki (2026) Director
- Cry Out (2026) Director
- The Boy and the Dog (2025) Director
- One Last Bloom (2023) Director
- One Last Bloom (2023) Screenplay
- Breakfast of the Movie (2023)
- Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break (2022) Director
- Fragments of the Last Will (2022) Director
- Tonbi (2022) Director
- In the Wake (2021) Screenplay
- In the Wake (2021) Director
- Tomorrow's Dining Table (2021) Director
- Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020) Director
- Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation (2019) Director
- The Promised Land (2019) Director
- The Promised Land (2019) Screenplay
- My Friend "A" (2018) Director
- My Friend "A" (2018) Screenplay
- The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018) Director
- The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018) Screenplay
- The Lowlife (2017) Director
- The Lowlife (2017) Screenplay
- The 8-Year Engagement (2017) Director
- Random Lives (2017) Director
- Random Lives (2017) Screenplay
- Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016) Writer
- 64: Part 1 (2016) Director
- 64: Part 1 (2016) Screenplay
- 64: Part 2 (2016) Director
- 64: Part 2 (2016) Screenplay
- 3 Beautiful Lies (2016) Director
- Autumn (2016)
- Strayer's Chronicle (2015) Director
- Strayer's Chronicle (2015) Screenplay
- Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague (2015)
- A Sinner's Lie (2014) Director
- Maria's Breast (2014) Director
- Maria's Breast (2014) Screenplay
- この森を通り抜ければ (2012) Script Editor
- この森を通り抜ければ (2012) Director
- Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema (2011) as Self
- Life Back Then (2011) Director
- Life Back Then (2011) Writer
- Heaven's Story (2010) Director
- When You Love And When You Are Loved (2010) Director
- Pandemic (2009) Director
- Pandemic (2009) Screenplay
- I’m a Cat Stalker (2009) as Man watering a tree
- Documentary Zuno Keisatsu (2009) Director
- Tear Jar (2008) Director
- Flying Rabbits (2008) Director
- Si-Sei 2 -The Fallen Spider- (2007) Director
- Prisoner/Terrorist (2007)
- Sixteen (2007)
- Cat and Goldfish Love Story (2006) Director
- Sanctuary (2006) Director
- Sanctuary (2006) Writer
- Look of Love (2005) as Yen's Husband
- A Gap in the Skin (2005) Director
- Maboroshi no tokkô kichi: tatakai wa imada owarazu (2005) Director
- Secret Journey (2004) Screenplay
- Secret Journey (2004) Director
- Moon Child (2003) Director
- Moon Child (2003) Writer
- Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri (2003) Director
- Dog Star (2002) Director
- SF Whipped Cream (2002) Director
- SF Whipped Cream (2002) Writer
- Tokyo X Erotica (2001) Director
- Tokyo X Erotica (2001) Writer
- Rush! (2001) Director
- Rush! (2001) Screenplay
- Fairy no onna: Namatori nozoki (2001) Screenplay
- Fairy no onna: Namatori nozoki (2001) Lyricist
- Chogokudo (2001) Director
- Chogokudo (2001) Screenplay
- Lewd Dream: Wandering Memories (2000) Screenplay
- The Breed (2000) Director
- The Breed (2000) Writer
- Thug Business Worker Sabu (2000) Screenplay
- Hysteric (2000) Director
- Haikyo Cinema (2000) Director
- Anarchy in Japansuke (1999) as Player with beard
- Anarchy in Japansuke (1999) Director
- Anarchy in Japansuke (1999) Screenplay
- Sex Friend Nurezakari (1999) Screenplay
- Forbidden Door: Sexual Urge in the Skirt (1999) Director
- Forbidden Door: Sexual Urge in the Skirt (1999) Screenplay
- Forbidden Door: Sexual Urge in the Skirt (1999) Editor
- Dirty Maria (1998) Screenplay
- Dirty Maria (1998) Director
- The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998) Director
- The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998) Screenplay
- No Man, No Cry (1998) Screenplay
- Raigyo (1997) Director
- Raigyo (1997) Screenplay
- Kokkuri (1997) Director
- Kokkuri (1997) Writer
- I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE (1996)
- Meshû: Torokeru Kashin (1996) Director
- Meshû: Torokeru Kashin (1996) Screenplay
- Upcoming Scenery (1996) Screenplay
- Upcoming Scenery (1996) Director
- Umarekawaru to shitara (1996) Director
- Umarekawaru to shitara (1996) Screenplay
- Indecent Peeping: A Woman Who Wants to Be Seen (1996) Director
- Indecent Peeping: A Woman Who Wants to Be Seen (1996) Screenplay
- Mizu no kioku: Haneda shikei (1996) Director
- Mizu no kioku: Haneda shikei (1996) Screenplay
- End of the World (1995) Director
- End of the World (1995) Screenplay
- Suddenly Arriving (1995) Producer
- No Good Men (1995) Director
- No Good Men (1995) Screenplay
- Do-sukebe oyako (1995) Screenplay
- Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure (1994) Writer
- Seven Lewd Women (1994) Writer
- Angel in September (1994) Screenplay
- Angel in September (1994) Director
- The Dream of Garuda (1994) Screenplay
- The Dream of Garuda (1994) Director
- Iyarashii zengi: Sugoku kanjiru (1994)
- Iyarashii zengi: Sugoku kanjiru (1994) Screenplay
- Lots of Peeping: Hot Underpanties of a Lover (1994) Screenplay
- Yumika Hayashi: Kabukicho Image Club Story (1994) Screenplay
- Horny Couple: Secret Voyeurism (1994) Writer
- Scandalous Body (1993) Screenplay
- The Japanese Obscenity (1993) Screenplay
- Scandalous Body 2 (1993) Screenplay
- Groper Train: Naughty Lower Body (1993) Writer
- The Monk Farted (1993) Screenplay
- The Monk Farted (1993) Director
- Widow: Bliss in a Mourning Dress (1993) Screenplay
- Widow: Bliss in a Mourning Dress (1993) Director
- Fūfu kōkan: Chōkairaku (1993) Screenplay
- Nure-nure: Sandan Zeme (1993) Screenplay
- Bondage Rope Training (1992) Screenplay
- Molester Train: Mischievous Wives (1992) Director
- Molester Train: Mischievous Wives (1992) Screenplay
- Luxury Soap Techniques 2: Private Room Passion (1992) Screenplay
- Amazon Garden: Uniform Lesbians (1992) Director
- Amazon Garden: Uniform Lesbians (1992) Screenplay
- Uniform Gals: Underwear Encyclopedia (1992) Screenplay
- Saishin Pinsaro Jôhô: Gekisha!! Nama Honban (1992)
- Saishin Pinsaro Jôhô: Gekisha!! Nama Honban (1992) Screenplay
- Groper Train: Lots of Big Breasts (1992) Screenplay
- High Heels Gang (1991) Screenplay
- Kaishun special: Yokubô kizoku (1991)
- Cruising Love Story (1991) as Sauna customer
- No Man's Land (1991) Director
- No Man's Land (1991) Screenplay
- Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba (1990) Assistant Director
- Hanra honban: Joshidaisei bôkô-hen (1990) First Assistant Director
- Ki*Ra*Ra (1990) Assistant Director
- Supesharu ressun: Hentai sei-kyôiku (1990) First Assistant Director
- Wife's Masturbation: Sweet Tingle (1990)
- Indecent Tongue Technique (1990) Screenplay
- Indecent Tongue Technique (1990) Director
- Coconut Clash (1990) Screenplay
- Coconut Clash (1990) Director
- Interlocking Locks (1990) Assistant Director
- Nonfix (1989) Director
- Extracurricular Activity: Rape! (1989) Director
- Extracurricular Activity: Rape! (1989) Screenplay
- Pervert Ward: S&M Clinic (1989) First Assistant Director
- Bondage Ecstasy (1989) Assistant Director
- Blue Sky (1989) Director
- Blue Sky (1989) Screenplay
- The Woman from Hong Kong - Too Amazing Pleasure (1989) Assistant Director
- Muscle (1989) First Assistant Director
- Wakazuma Fuhô Kankin (1989) Screenplay
- Groper Train: Oral Attack (1989) Assistant Director
- Groper Train: 100% Accuracy (1989) Assistant Director
- Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting (1988) Assistant Director
- Re-Wind (1988) Second Assistant Director
- Love Letter in the Sand (1988) Second Assistant Director
- Chikan densha: Gusshori nurashite (1988) Assistant Director
- Welcome to the Ogenki Clinic: Feel Good All Over Again (1988) Assistant Director
- Toyomaru Legend: Super Pervert (1988) First Assistant Director
- Toyomaru Legend: Super Pervert (1988) Screenplay
- Chikan Densha: Abunai Futomomo (1988) Screenplay
- Chikan Densha: Abunai Futomomo (1988) Assistant Director
- Niizuma Hard Onanii (1988) Assistant Director
- Hitozuma Waisetsu Bôkô (1988) Screenplay
- Rope and Boys 2: Boy Hell's Messenger (1988) Assistant Director
- Inran Sisters (1988) Assistant Director
- Lustmord (1987) Second Assistant Director
- Boko climax! (1987) Second Assistant Director
- Groper Train: Touching and Going to Work (1987) Assistant Director
- Temptation of the Mask (1987) First Assistant Director
- Married Woman Climax ONANIE (1987) Second Assistant Director
- Shin mibôjin geshuku: Yoru no tehodoki (1987) Second Assistant Director
- Save the Last Dance for Me (1986) Second Assistant Director
- Gimme Shelter (1986) Assistant Director
- Uniform Virgin: The Prey (1986) Second Assistant Director
- Exposed School Swimsuits (1986) Second Unit Director
- Molester's Delivery Service (1986) Assistant Director
- Hey gangs, is it sunny over there? (1985) Director
- Shonenban Shibôjô: Kunisada, Kyôto, Hirota (1982) Director
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Takahisa Zeze best known for?
Takahisa Zeze is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Cry Out (2026), Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016), Heaven's Story (2010), Bondage Rope Training (1992).
When and where was Takahisa Zeze born?
Takahisa Zeze was born on May 24, 1960 in Tochigi, Japan.
How many credits does Takahisa Zeze have?
Takahisa Zeze has accumulated over 201 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1982 to 2027.
What is Takahisa Zeze's background in cinema and television?
Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer born on May 24, 1960. He was born in Matama, Oita, Japan, which is now Bungotakada, Oita. Zeze is recognized for his work in pink films during the 1990s and is identified as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Pink alongside directors Kazuhiro S...
Takahisa Zeze by the numbers
201credits
195films
6TV series
1982–2027active years
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