Teruo Ishii

Directing

Teruo Ishii

Born 1 January 1924 · Tokyo, Japan · Died 12 August 2005 at 81

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

Highlights

Blind Woman's Curse1970 · Film · Director
Horrors of Malformed Men1969 · Film · Director
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight1973 · Film · Director
Female Yakuza Tale1973 · Film · Director
The Executioner1974 · Film · Director
Shogun's Joy of Torture1968 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

92 films

Teruo Ishii Fan Club2006 · Film
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf2001 · Film · Director
Japanese Hell1999 · Film · Director
Screwed1998 · Film · Director
Burai-Heiya1995 · Film · Director
Gensen-Kan Inn1993 · Film · Director
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses1991 · Film · Writer
The Legend of Kentauros1987 · Film · Director
Violent Fighters1979 · Film · Screenplay
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army1977 · Film · Director
The Runaway Season1976 · Film · Director
Hobo General1976 · Film · Screenplay
Detonation! Violent Games1976 · Film · Director
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations1975 · Film · Director
Detonation: Violent Riders1975 · Film · Director
Great Jailbreak1975 · Film · Director
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno1974 · Film · Director
The Executioner1974 · Film · Director
Military Comfort Woman1974 · Film · Screenplay
Yokosuka Navy Prison1973 · Film · Screenplay
Yakuza of the Present1973 · Film · Director
Female Yakuza Tale1973 · Film · Director
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight1973 · Film · Director
The Red Silk Gambler1972 · Film · Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat1971 · Film · Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 21971 · Film · Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô1971 · Film · Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 11971 · Film · Director
Blind Woman's Curse1970 · Film · Director
Prison Tales1970 · Film · Director
Killer's Hit List1970 · Film · Director
Horrors of Malformed Men1969 · Film · Director
Love and Crime1969 · Film · Director
Yakuza Law1969 · Film · Director
Inferno of Torture1969 · Film · Director
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin1969 · Film · Screenplay
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love1969 · Film · Writer
Orgies of Edo1969 · Film · Director
Shogun's Joy of Torture1968 · Film · Director
Hot Springs Geisha1968 · Film · Director
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy1968 · Film · Director
Once and For All Pt.２1968 · Film · Screenplay
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm1967 · Film · Director
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil1967 · Film · Director
Once and For All1967 · Film · Screenplay
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido1967 · Film · Screenplay
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country1966 · Film · Director
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South1966 · Film · Director
The Bullet and the Horse1966 · Film · Director
Evil Brain from Outer Space1966 · Film · Director
Prison Walls of Abashiri 41965 · Film · Director
Prison Walls of Abashiri 31965 · Film · Director
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 21965 · Film · Director
Invaders from Space1965 · Film · Director
Abashiri Prison1965 · Film · Director
Atomic Rulers1965 · Film · Director
Attack from Space1965 · Film · Director
The Boss1965 · Film · Screenplay
Storm Party1964 · Film · Screenplay
The Shogun's Vault1964 · Film · Director
An Outlaw1964 · Film · Screenplay
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang1964 · Film · Director
Legends of Honor1963 · Film · Director
Defeat the Boss1963 · Film · Director
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers1963 · Film · Director
Eleven Gangsters1963 · Film · Writer
Gang vs. Gang1962 · Film · Writer
G-Men in the Pacific1962 · Film · Screenplay
All Rascals1962 · Film · Screenplay
The Yellow Climate1961 · Film · Director
Mist and Shadows1961 · Film · Director
Flower, Storm and Gangster1961 · Film · Director
Death on the Mountain1961 · Film · Screenplay
Fire Line1961 · Film · Screenplay
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide1961 · Film · Director
Sexy Line1961 · Film · Director
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu1960 · Film · Director
Yellow Line1960 · Film · Director
Black Line1960 · Film · Director
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard1959 · Film · Director
Broken Blossoms1959 · Film · Writer
Queen Bee's Anger1958 · Film · Director
Secret White Line Zone1958 · Film · Director
Flesh Pier1958 · Film · Director
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite1958 · Film · Director
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity1957 · Film · Director
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals1957 · Film · Director
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction1957 · Film · Director
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle1957 · Film · Director
Super Giant Continues1957 · Film · Director
Super Giant1957 · Film · Director
King of the Ring: The World of Glory1957 · Film · Director

Filmography

Series

1 show

Lone Wolf and Cub1973 · Series · Director