Norio Sugiura
Sugiura (杉浦) family name, Norio (則夫) first name, (1942-)
Activities
Photographer
Alternate Name(s)
杉浦則夫(Japanese), Norifumi Sugiura.
Biography
1942: Born in Nagoya, Japan[1].
1963(c): Dropped out of design college. Worked as a construction coordinator for the puppet group Hitomi-za[note 1][2][3].
1967(c): Joined Asakusa Toyo Gekijo (Asakusa Oriental Theater)[note 2] as a lighting technician where his brother had already been working[3].
1971: After the Asakusa Toyo Gekijo closed, he was introduced to Oniroku Dan by Hachiro Tako and joined Oni Pro (Oniroku Production). He was involved in the first performances of "pink theater" led by Hachiro Tako. Oni Pro had its office at the AG Apartment House in Shibuya, Tokyo.
1971(c): Made two or three pink films. He was an assistant director of films directed by Sojiro Motoki[2]. Another assistant director was Kozo Tashiro who was also a member of Oni Pro[3].
1972: Oni Pro started to publish SM King where he worked as photo editor. Started to develop his own photography skills[2]. Oni Pro concentrated on publishing, branching out from pink films and pink theater[3].
1973: His first photographic work was published as The World of Takashi Tsujimura, a supplemental volume to SM King[3].
Late 1970s: Became a freelance photographer. Took standard nude photos for one to two years before concentrating on SM photography[2]
Late 1970s~1980s: Main photographer for SM Select, SM Fan, SM Mania, SM Hi-Syosetsu and books from Sanwa Publishing.
1990: Started Sugiura Norio Photo Office Co.
2002: Started Koushiki Denmou Zasshi (HP) with Akira Hirata.
2005: Started Sugiura Norio Kinbaku Sajiki
Interesting point(s)
- The editorial office of Sansei-sha arranged a meeting between Sugiura and Chimuo Nureki[3].
- Sugiura met Toshiyuki Suma but never took photos of his Kinbaku[3].
- In the 1980s, most of his work was done in collaboration with Chimuo Nureki and some with Shikou Shima. He also worked with Masato Marai[2].
- He worked once each with Denki Akechi and Haruki Yukimura[2].
- Akira Naka, Steve Osada, Misaki Haruka have worked with Sugiura.
- Sugiura knew Naomi Tani very well but never photographed her. Worked with her in his capacity of photo editor[2].
- Akio Fuji used to be an assistant of Sugiura's.
- Sugiura appeared as actor in the early works of Art Video [1].
Selected Works
Movie
- Bakushi (2007) Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki. Go Arisue, Haruki Yukimura, Chimuo Nureki, Hiromi Saotome, and Taeko Uzuki).
Books
Many. See [2].
