Shun Nakahara

is a Japanese film director and a professor at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He began his career directing Roman Porno films, and since then he has dealt with a wide range of subjects regardless of genre. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for Sakura no Sono.

Filmography Candidate for Seduction (1982) Slave Contract: Whip & High Heels (1982) Seiko's Juicy Thighs: Public Bath Beauty (1982) Koichiro Uno's Dirty Sisters' Barber Shoppe (1983) Sannen-me no Uwaki (1983) Eve's Flower Petal (1984) Rope Sisters: Strange Fruit (1984) Shoya no umi (1984) Leave My Girl Alone (1986) Makeup (1987) Shakotan Boogie (1987) Neko no youni (1988) Dokidoki Virgin mô ichido I Love You, aka Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You (1990) The Cherry Orchard (1990) The Gentle 12, aka 12 Gentle Japanese (1991) Off-season (1992) Yamikin no teiou Gin to Kin (1993) – Based on Gin to Kin Yamikin no teiou Gin to Kin 2 (1994) – Based on Gin to Kin Yabô dake ga ai o korosu 3: Game no kisoku (1995 direct-to-video film, co-directed with Hiroaki Jinno) Lie Lie Lie (1997) Coquille (1999) Colorful (2000) The Dentist, aka Shikai (2000) Konsento (2002) Tomie: The Final Chapter -Forbidden Fruit- (2002) Sky High (2003, TV series) Déracine (2004) Onna no naka no futatsu no kao (2004, TV movie) DV: Domestic Violence (2005) Ichigo Chips (2005, co-directed with Tsutomu Takahashi) Curling Love (2007) Rakugo musume (2008) The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008) Someday's Dreamers (2008) Housewife's Afternoon Delight (2010)