[3] He studied at the College of Economics at Kanto Gakuin University but dropped out before graduation.
[1] In the early 1980s he began to work at producer-director Kan Mukai's Shishi Productions.
Sasu!,[1] the first of a series of action films starring Usagi Asō distributed by the Toei Company.
[5][6] Since then he has made many action pink films, and has gone on to direct mainstream movies and V-Cinema.
[3] At the Pink Grand Prix for 1988 Kataoka's Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting was awarded Best Film, and Kataoka was given the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.