Teruo Ishii
Directing
Born: January 1, 1924 · Tokyo, Japan
Died: August 12, 2005 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
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
Inferno of Torture
1969
Love Letter
1953
The Executioner
1974
Orgies of Edo
1969
Evil Brain from Outer Space
1966
Mother
1952
Photos (1)
Movies (1)
Directing (93)
Lone Wolf and Cub
Director
Shogun's Joy of Torture
Director
Love and Crime
Director
Female Yakuza Tale
Director
Orgies of Edo
Director
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Director
Horrors of Malformed Men
Director
Broken Blossoms
Director
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Director
Mother
Assistant Director
Atomic Rulers
Director
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Director
Love Letter
Assistant Director
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
Director
Inferno of Torture
Director
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
Director
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
Director
The Red Silk Gambler
Director
G-Men in the Pacific
Director
The Executioner
Director
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Director
Hot Springs Geisha
Director
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
Director
Girl's Reform School
Assistant Director
Blind Woman's Curse
Director
Japanese Hell
Director
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Director
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
Director
Invaders from Space
Director
All Rascals
Director
Killer's Hit List
Director
Storm Party
Director
Yellow Line
Director
Yakuza of the Present
Director
Black Line
Director
Ginza Cosmetics
Assistant Director
Flower, Storm and Gangster
Director
Yakuza Law
Director
The Shogun's Vault
Director
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Director
Attack from Space
Director
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
Director
Gang vs. Gang
Director
Once and For All Pt.２
Director
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Director
Abashiri Prison
Director
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
Director
Gensen-Kan Inn
Director
Detonation! Violent Games
Director
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Director
Sexy Line
Director
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite
Director
Violent Fighters
Director
Secret White Line Zone
Director
The Shiinomi School
Assistant Director
Great Jailbreak
Director
The Yellow Climate
Director
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Director
The Legend of Kentauros
Director
Screwed
Director
Mist and Shadows
Director
Burai-Heiya
Director
Eleven Gangsters
Director
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army
Director
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Director
Queen Bee's Anger
Director
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
Director
The Runaway Season
Director
Flesh Pier
Director
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
Director
Detonation: Violent Riders
Director
Super Giant
Director
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Director
Hobo General
Director
An Outlaw
Director
The Boss
Director
Super Giant Continues
Director
Legends of Honor
Director
Prison Tales
Director
Once and For All
Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô
Director
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Director
The Bullet and the Horse
Director
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Director
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
Director
Defeat the Boss
Director
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
Director
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Director
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Director
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Director
King of the Ring: The World of Glory
Director
Writing (63)
Shogun's Joy of Torture
Writer
Love and Crime
Screenplay
Female Yakuza Tale
Writer
Orgies of Edo
Screenplay
Horrors of Malformed Men
Screenplay
Broken Blossoms
Writer
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
Writer
Inferno of Torture
Screenplay
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
Screenplay
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
Screenplay
G-Men in the Pacific
Screenplay
The Executioner
Screenplay
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Writer
Hot Springs Geisha
Screenplay
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
Screenplay
Blind Woman's Curse
Screenplay
Japanese Hell
Screenplay
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Screenplay
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
Screenplay
Yokosuka Navy Prison
Screenplay
All Rascals
Screenplay
Death on the Mountain
Screenplay
Killer's Hit List
Screenplay
Storm Party
Screenplay
Military Comfort Woman
Screenplay
Yellow Line
Screenplay
Black Line
Screenplay
Yakuza Law
Screenplay
The Shogun's Vault
Screenplay
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Screenplay
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Screenplay
Gang vs. Gang
Writer
Once and For All Pt.２
Screenplay
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Screenplay
Abashiri Prison
Writer
Gensen-Kan Inn
Screenplay
Detonation! Violent Games
Screenplay
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Screenplay
Sexy Line
Writer
Violent Fighters
Screenplay
Great Jailbreak
Screenplay
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Screenplay
Screwed
Screenplay
Mist and Shadows
Screenplay
Burai-Heiya
Screenplay
Eleven Gangsters
Writer
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
Screenplay
Fire Line
Screenplay
The Runaway Season
Screenplay
Flesh Pier
Screenplay
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
Screenplay
Detonation: Violent Riders
Writer
Hobo General
Screenplay
An Outlaw
Screenplay
The Boss
Screenplay
Legends of Honor
Screenplay
Prison Tales
Screenplay
Once and For All
Screenplay
The Bullet and the Horse
Screenplay
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Screenplay
Defeat the Boss
Screenplay
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Screenplay
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Screenplay