Norio Sugiura
Sugiura=(杉浦) family name, Norio=(則夫) first name, (1942-)
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Activities
Alternate Name(s)
杉浦則夫(Japanese)
Biography
1942, Born in Nagoya, Japan[1].
ca1963, Dropped out of design college. Worked as a construction coordinator for puppet group "Hitomi-za"[note 1][2][3].
ca1967, Joined "Asakusa Toyo Theater"[note 2] as a lighting technician where his brother had already started working[3].
1971, After the "Asakusa Toyo Theater" 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" lead by Hachiro Tako. "Oni Pro" had its office at the AG Apartment House in Shibuya, Tokyo.
ca1971, Made two or three pink films. He was assistant director for films directed by Sojiro Motogi[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 acted 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" as a supplemental volume to SM King[3].
late1970's, Became a freelance photographer. Took standard nude photos for 1-2 years before concentrating on SM photography[2][note 3].
late1970'~1980', Main photographer for SM Select, SM Fan, SM Mania, SM Hi-Syosetsu and books of Sanwa Publishing.
1990, Started Sugiura Norio Photo Office Co.
2002, Started "Koushiki Denmou Zasshi"(HP) with Akira Hirata[3].
2005, Started "Sugiuranorio Kinbaku Sajiki"
Interesting point(s)
- The editorial office of Sansei-sya arranged the meeting between Sugiura and Chimuo Nureki[3].
- Sugiura met Toshiyuki Suma but never took photos of his Kinbaku[3].
- In 1980's, 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].
- Sugiura does not tie the ropes, concentrates only on photography[2].
- Akio Fuji used to be an assistant of Sugiura.
- 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].
References
Notes
- ↑ where he was involved in making "Iga no Kage-maru" for TBS TV program starting in Nov. 1963,
- ↑ The theater opened in 1964 and closed in 1971 (based on WikiPedia). It presented a burlesque-style strip show that included comedy, music, dance, etc. (Personal communication from Sugiura to U).
- ↑ Possible example is indicated by Manbou's blog
