Akio Jissoji
Directing
Born: March 29, 1937 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 29, 2006 (aged 69)
Biography
Akio Jissoji was a Japanese television and film director best known outside Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy Mujō (無常), Mandala (曼陀羅), and Uta (哥). He was also known for his film adaptations of Japanese horror author Rampo Edogawa. Jissoji possessed a very distinctive visual style that was notable even in Japanese cinema which is known internationally for its visual style. Every project he directed, from children's action shows to the most disturbing adult films had an uncompromising approach to cinematic story telling. His episodes of the Ultraman TV shows are unique and quite unusual for children's television. His career is also unusual in that he went back and forth from children's television to film projects that were sexually provocative in some way or another. It is perhaps this aspect of his work that has prevented wider distribution of his films. Sadomasochistic and non-consensual sexual practices are featured in many of his film works with women receiving the brunt of the abuse. Another recurring theme was to pull the camera back and reveal the set his actors were working on.
Known for
Photos (1)
Self / Appearances (3)
Directing (43)
Ultraman
Director
Ultraman Tiga
Director
Ultraseven
Director
Ultraman Max
Director
Ultraman Dyna
Director
Operation: Mystery
Director
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Director
Murder on D Street
Director
Silver Kamen
Director
Poem
Director
Dialogue
Director
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Director
Rampo Noir
Director
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Director
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Script Supervisor
Blue Lake Girl
Director
Mandala
Director
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Director
Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
Summer of Ubume
Director
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Director
Arietta
Director
This Transient Life
Director
Utamaro's World
Director
Arthouse Ultraman
Director
The Birth of Ultraman
Director
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Director
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Director
La Valse
Director
It Was a Faint Dream
Director
Twenty-Four Eyes
Director
A Watcher in the Attic
Director
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
Director
Longing for Spring
Director
Silver Mask
Director
The Father of Ultra Q
Director
I Want to Buy Kyoto
Director
When Twilight Draws Near
Director
The Accursed Urns
Director
Lullaby of Death
Director
Horror Telephone
Director
Tokyo Illusion
Director
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
Director
Writing (11)
Ultraseven
Writer
Return of Ultraman
Writer
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
Writer
Dialogue
Screenplay
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Screenplay
Tokyo Decameron
Original Story
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Story
Arietta
Screenplay
Marital War in Kibogaoka
Original Story
La Valse
Writer
Tokyo Illusion
Screenplay
Producing (8)
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
Production Supervisor
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Producer
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Production Supervisor
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
Producer
Silver Mask
Executive Producer
The Rug Cop
Supervising Producer
Other Crew (9)
Silver Kamen
Creator
Dialogue
Editor
Zombie Snake
Title Designer
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
Creator