Person
Teruo Ishii
Directing · 1924–2005 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Teruo Ishii was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the Super Giant series, and for his films in the Ero guro subgenre of pinku eiga such as Shogun's Joy of Torture. He also directed the 1965 film, Abashiri Prison, which helped to make Ken Takakura a major star in Japan.
Known for
Shogun's Joy of Torture
Writer
Lone Wolf and Cub
Director
Female Yakuza Tale
Writer
Orgies of Edo
Director
Love and Crime
Director
G-Men in the Pacific
Screenplay
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Director
All Rascals
Director
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Director
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Director
Filmography
- 2006Teruo Ishii Fan Club
- 2001Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfDirector
- 1999Japanese HellDirector
- 1998ScrewedDirector
- 1995Burai-HeiyaScreenplay
- 1993Gensen-Kan InnDirector
- 1991The Hitman: Blood Smells Like RosesWriter
- 1987The Legend of KentaurosDirector
- 1979Violent FightersScreenplay
- 1977Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot ArmyDirector
- 1976The Runaway SeasonDirector
- 1976Hobo GeneralScreenplay
- 1976Detonation! Violent GamesDirector
- 1975300 Million Thief: Statute of LimitationsDirector
- 1975Detonation: Violent RidersWriter
- 1975Great JailbreakDirector
- 1974The Executioner II: Karate InfernoDirector
- 1974The ExecutionerDirector
- 1974Military Comfort WomanScreenplay
- 1973Yokosuka Navy PrisonScreenplay
- 1973Yakuza of the PresentDirector
- 1973Female Yakuza TaleWriter
- 1973Lone Wolf and CubDirector
- 1973Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightDirector
- 1972The Red Silk GamblerDirector
- 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit BoatDirector
- 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2Director
- 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s BanchôDirector
- 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1Director
- 1970Blind Woman's CurseDirector
- 1970Prison TalesDirector
- 1970Killer's Hit ListScreenplay
- 1969Horrors of Malformed MenDirector
- 1969Love and CrimeDirector
- 1969Yakuza LawDirector
- 1969Inferno of TortureDirector
- 1969Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron SkinDirector
- 1969Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive LoveDirector
- 1969Orgies of EdoDirector
- 1968Shogun's Joy of TortureWriter
- 1968Hot Springs GeishaDirector
- 1968Tokugawa: Woman's GenealogyDirector
- 1968Once and For All Pt.２Director
- 1967A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormScreenplay
- 1967Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the EvilDirector
- 1967Once and For AllScreenplay
- 1967Abashiri Prison: Duel in HokkaidoScreenplay
- 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow CountryEditor
- 1966Secret Agent 101Director
- 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the SouthDirector
- 1966The Bullet and the HorseDirector
- 1966Evil Brain from Outer SpaceDirector
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 4Director
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 3Director
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2Director
- 1965Invaders from SpaceDirector
- 1965Abashiri PrisonDirector
- 1965Atomic RulersDirector
- 1965Attack from SpaceDirector
- 1965The BossScreenplay
- 1964Storm PartyDirector
- 1964The Shogun's VaultDirector
- 1964An OutlawScreenplay
- 1964Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong GangDirector
- 1963Legends of HonorScreenplay
- 1963Defeat the BossDirector
- 1963Gang vs. G-Men: Safe BreakersDirector
- 1963Eleven GangstersWriter
- 1962Gang vs. GangWriter
- 1962G-Men in the PacificScreenplay
- 1962All RascalsDirector
- 1961The Yellow ClimateDirector
- 1961Mist and ShadowsScreenplay
- 1961Flower, Storm and GangsterDirector
- 1961Death on the MountainScreenplay
- 1961Fire LineScreenplay
- 1961Ren'ai Zubari KōzaDirector
- 1961Sexy LineWriter
- 1960Queen Bee and College Boy RyuScreenplay
- 1960Yellow LineScreenplay
- 1960Women of Whirlpool IslandDirector
- 1960Black LineDirector
- 1959Fight to the Death in a BlizzardDirector
- 1959Broken BlossomsDirector
- 1958Queen Bee's AngerDirector
- 1958Secret White Line ZoneDirector
- 1958Flesh PierDirector
- 1958Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial SatelliteDirector
- 1957Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of HumanityDirector
- 1957Nude Actress Murder Case: Five CriminalsDirector
- 1957Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of DestructionDirector
- 1957Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic CastleDirector
- 1957Super Giant ContinuesDirector
- 1957Super GiantDirector
- 1957King of the Ring: The World of GloryDirector
- 1956Omoide tsukiyoAdaptation
- 1956Girl's Reform SchoolAssistant Director
- 1955The Tale of JiroAssistant Director
- 1955The Shiinomi SchoolAssistant Director
- 1953Love LetterAssistant Director
- 1952MotherAssistant Director
- 1951Ginza CosmeticsAssistant Director
- 1950Golden BeastAssistant Director
- 1950A Mother's LoveAssistant Director
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