Person
Gakuryu Ishii
Directing · Born 1957-01-15 · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
Gakuryu Ishii (石井 岳龍 Ishii Gakuryū, born January 15, 1957), formerly known as Sogo Ishii (石井 聰互 Ishii Sōgo), is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, have cited Ishii's films as an influence.
Known for
The Private Detective Mike
Director
Neo Ultra Q
Director
Isn't Anyone Alive?
Director
August in the Water
Director
Rusty Empty Can
Director of Photography
Panic in High School
Director
Labyrinth of Dreams
Director
Bitter Honey
Editor
Panic High School
Director
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Director
Filmography
- 2024The Box ManWriter
- 2023Almost PeopleDirector
- 2023Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle
- 2020The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City
- 2019Future ImaginationsProducer
- 2018Punk Samurai Slash DownDirector
- 2016Bitter HoneyEditor
- 2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
- 2015That's ItDirector
- 2013Flower of ShanidarDirector
- 2013Neo Ultra QDirector
- 2012Isn't Anyone Alive?Director
- 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector
- 2009Instant SwampShop Costumer / Nail Buyer
- 2006Your Order! The History of the StalinDirector
- 2006What's a Director?
- 2006Humoresque
- 2005Mirrored MindDirector
- 2005A Day of the GOD IslandDirector
- 2004Jeonju Digital Project 2004Writer
- 2003Dead End RunDirector
- 2002The Private Detective MikeDirector
- 2001SkirtDirector
- 2001Gojoe: Spirit War ChronicleDirector
- 2001Electric Dragon 80000VDirector
- 1997Labyrinth of DreamsDirector
- 1996Lonely PlanetExecutive Producer
- 1995August in the WaterDirector
- 1994Angel DustDirector
- 1993Kitakoto no aru hajimete no michiGeneral Manager
- 1993Korosiya AmiGeneral Manager
- 1993Wild SideGeneral Manager
- 1993Tokyo BloodDirector
- 1991March Comes In Like a LionRamen Deliveryman
- 1989Private 8mm Film Live Diary 81-86Director
- 1989The Master of ShiatsuDirector
- 19861/2 ManDirector
- 1984The Crazy FamilyDirector
- 1984Never Mind a Little RainHimself
- 1983Asia Strikes BackDirector
- 1982Burst CityDirector
- 1982Norikoto-Toriaezu no Taiwa No. 1Director
- 1981ShuffleDirector
- 1981MOMENT
- 1980Crazy Thunder RoadDirector
- 1980Tokyo Cabbageman KDirector of Photography
- 1979Kami no ochite kita hiAction Director
- 1979RunDirector
- 1979Rusty Empty CanDirector of Photography
- 1978Panic in High SchoolDirector
- 1978Charge! Hooligans of HakataDirector
- 1977Solitude of One Divided by 880,000Director
- 1976Panic High SchoolDirector
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