Daisuke Gotō’s debut film as director was with the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film “Bed Partner (1988),” part of the last double-bill in that series. Bed Partner won Gotō the Best New Director award at the Zoom Up Film Festival.

After the demise of Nikkatsu, Gotō worked mainly V-cinema, filming straight-to-video sequels to earlier film series. Prominent among his films of this period are “Sasori in the U.S.