Teruo Ishii
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1924
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Died
August 12, 2005 (aged 81)
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.
Best known work
Blind Woman's Curse
1970
Horrors of Malformed Men
1969
Female Yakuza Tale
1973
Shogun's Joy of Torture
1968
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973
Love Letter
1953
The Executioner
1974
Inferno of Torture
1969
Orgies of Edo
1969
Attack from Space
1965Filmography
2006
2001
Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfDirector
1999
Japanese HellDirector, Producer, Screenplay
1998
ScrewedDirector, Screenplay, Producer
1995
Burai-HeiyaDirector, Screenplay
1993
Gensen-Kan InnDirector, Screenplay
1991
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like RosesWriter, Director
1987
The Legend of KentaurosDirector
1979
Violent FightersScreenplay, Director
1977
1976
The Runaway SeasonDirector, Screenplay
1976
Hobo GeneralScreenplay, Director
1976
Detonation! Violent GamesDirector, Screenplay
1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of LimitationsDirector, Screenplay
1975
Detonation: Violent RidersDirector, Writer
1975
Great JailbreakDirector, Screenplay
1974
The Executioner II: Karate InfernoDirector, Screenplay
1974
The ExecutionerDirector, Screenplay
1974
Military Comfort WomanScreenplay
1973
Yokosuka Navy PrisonScreenplay
1973
Yakuza of the PresentDirector
1973
Female Yakuza TaleDirector, Writer
1973
1973
1972
The Red Silk GamblerDirector