Shinji Imaoka, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshiro Enomoto, Yūji Tajiri, Mitsuru Meike and Rei Sakamoto. Ueno was the first director of this group to rise to prominence, acting as an "advance guard" for the group when his Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure (1994) won the "Best Film" award at the Pink Grand Prix. Founded in 1989, the Pink Grand Prix has become a yearly highlight for the pink film community by awarding excellence in the genre and screening the top films. The 2000s have seen a significant growth in international interest in the pink film. Director Mitsuru Meike's The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003) made an impression in international film festivals and gained critical praise. A planned annual "women-only" pink film festival was first held in South Korea in 2007, and again in November 2008. In 2008 a company called Pink Eiga, Inc. was formed with the sole purpose of releasing pink films on DVD in the U.S. Directors While some directors have used pink films as a steppingstone for their careers, others work exclusively with the genre. Some notable directors of pink films include: Actresses Some notable pinku eiga actresses include: Notable pink films and related genres Pink films Flesh Market (Kobayashi, 1962) Daydream (Tetsuji Takechi, 1964) The Embryo Hunts In Secret (Koji Wakamatsu, 1966) Violated Angels (Wakamatsu, 1967) Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (Yamatoya, 1967) Slave Widow (Noriko Tatsumi, 1967) Go, Go Second Time Virgin (Wakamatsu, 1969) Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970) Sexy Battle Girls (1986) S&M Hunter (Shuji Kataoka, 1986), five-film series Tokyo Decadence (Ryu Murakami, 1992) The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (Meike, 2003) Ambiguous (Ueno, 2003) Uncle's Paradise (Imaoka, 2006) Nikkatsu "Roman Porno" Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon (Nishimura, 1971) Ichijo's Wet Desire (Kumashiro, 1972) Flower and Snake (Konuma, 1974) Wife to be Sacrificed (Konuma, 1974) A Woman Called Sada Abe (Tanaka, 1975) Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession (Konuma, 1976) Watcher in the Attic (Tanaka, 1976) Fairy in a Cage (Kōyū Ohara, 1977) Rope Hell (Ohara, 1978) Rope Cosmetology (Nishimura, 1978) Angel Guts (A series of six films, 1978–1994) Woman with Red Hair (Kumashiro, 1979) Star of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter (Norifumi Suzuki, 1979) Toei "Pinky violence" Shogun's Joys of Torture (Teruo Ishii, 1968) Female Prisoner#701: Scorpion (Itō, 1972) Girl Boss Guerilla (Norifumi Suzuki, 1972) Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (Norifumi Suzuki, 1973) Sex & Fury (Norifumi Suzuki, 1973) Female Yakuza