Editing

Shōji Sakai

Profession
Editing
Born
April 13, 1950 · Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Shōji Sakai is a Japanese film editor and director. In 1968, he entered the film department of Tama Art School (now Tama Art University). After graduating in 1971, he studied under editors Shunji Takemura and Osamu Tanaka as an assistant editor. Around 1975, he became an independent editor while working as an assistant director to director Kōji Seki. Around this time, director Kan Mukai founded Universe Productions, and pink films distributed by Toei began to be produced regularly, and since then, his editing work began to increase. At his peak, he edited 10 adult film works in a month. At the end of 2014, Okura Eiga (OP Eiga), which had continued to produce and distribute films on 35mm film, stopped producing films on film. As a result, film editing work also decreased dramatically. He has edited over 1,200 films (including V-cinema), and currently has 1,076 confirmed theatrical release titles (as of December 2017).

Known for

Warriors of the Wind poster
Warriors of the Wind
Film · 1984 · ★ 7.9
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn poster
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
Film · 2003 · ★ 4.8
Zero Woman R poster
Zero Woman R
Film · 2007 · ★ 6.4
Lolita: Vibrator Torture poster
Lolita: Vibrator Torture
Film · 1987 · ★ 5.6
An Aria on Gazes poster
An Aria on Gazes
Film · 1992 · ★ 5.2
Re-Wind poster
Re-Wind
Film · 1988 · ★ 5.9
The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine poster
The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine
Film · 2005 · ★ 5.0
Chikan Densha: OL Kando Kurabe poster
Chikan Densha: OL Kando Kurabe
Film · 1991 · ★ 5.3
Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta poster
Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta
Film · 1989 · ★ 5.7
The Fetist poster
The Fetist
Film · 1998 · ★ 6.9
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body poster
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Film · 2000 · ★ 4.2
Uma to onna to inu poster
Uma to onna to inu
Film · 1990 · ★ 5.8

Filmography