Yukihiko Shimamura
is a Japanese adult video (AV) director whose career has spanned some 25 years and hundreds of videos.
Life and career
Shimamura began his career in adult video in the mid-1980s with the h.m.p. studio which had been founded in 1981 as one of the earliest AV companies. He was one of the directors instrumental in turning the emphasis at h.m.p. from its early S&M videos to single actress "beautiful girl" (bishōjo) works. He established the popular Palace Virgin () series of videos at h.m.p. At the same time he also directed the theatrical film with a screenplay by Oniroku Dan based on one of his S&M novels. The film was produced under the h.m.p. "Christine" label and distributed by Nikkatsu in September 1987. Shimamura directed more than 50 videos at h.m.p. through the late 1990s when he also began working with other studios, Max-A, Atlas21, Alice Japan and Crystal-Eizou. Since 2000, Shimamura has been one of the most frequently used directors at Crystal-Eizou with more than 100 credits to his name and he also has been one of the top directors at Max-A.
In a break from his AV work, Shimamura also directed the September 1999 softcore V-cinema title 重役秘書 役員室での情事 starring h.m.p. AV actress Mai Asakura.
In his long career, Shimamura has presided over the AV debuts of several actresses including Hitomi Shiraishi in 1990 and Yuri Komuro in 1996, both at h.m.p., as well as Mai Haruna (2002), Mayura Hoshitsuki (2002) and Shoko Goto (2004) at Crystal-Eizou, and Yua Aida at Max-A in 2004. He also directed Ami Ayukawa and Maria Takagi in a number of AVs in the early 2000s including Takagi's retirement video in 2004 fin... Maria Takagi..
In 2007 Shimamura directed the Crystal-Eizou entry in the second AV Open contest, Celebrity Debut - Misa Kikoden (芸能人★デビュー！！ きこうでんみさ), which won the 2nd Place Award in the main contest.
In addition to working for the major AV studios, Shimamura also established his own video production company, "LanLan", located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, which produces gravure (non-[...]) photos, adult videos and V-cinema material.