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BANMEI TAKAHASHI is a Japanese film director. Making his directorial debut in 1972 with “Escaped Rapist Criminal”. He joined Kōji Wakamatsu’s production studio in 1975, working as a scriptwriter until Wakamatsu produced Takahashi’s second film, “Delinquent File: Juvenile Prostitution”. In 1979 he start his own production company. “Tattoo Ari” (1982) was a mainstream box-office hit which won him the award for best director at the Yokohama IFF. His filmo­graphy also includes “Girl Mistress” (1980), “Wolf” (1982), “Ai no Shinsekai” (1994), “Zen” (2009), “BOX: The Hakamada Case” (2010), “Takumi: The Man Beyond Borders” (2012), “Blood Bead” (2015), “Peaceful Death” (2021), “No Place to Go” (2022), etc.