Yōjirō Takita
Of the new generation of directors from this period, often called (sometimes derisively) the "Four Heavenly Kings", one in particular, Hisayasu Satō, made a number of prominent films released by Shintōhō starting in the late 1980s. His 1990 film, named "Poaching By The Water" by the director, with its themes of forced sex and bestiality, caused a good deal of controversy and scandal. Shintōhō helped this along by renaming the film "Horse and Woman and Dog" and according to the company's website, it became one of their all-time hits. When Shintōhō decided to resurrect the "Molester Train" series originally started at the studio by director Yōjirō Takita in 1982, they chose Satō to direct the 1993 installment "". The film starred AV idol Yumika Hayashi and it was named the second best film at the Pink Grand Prix festival.