Gakuryu Ishii

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-01-15 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan

Gakuryu Ishii

Biography

Gakuryu Ishii (石井 岳龍 Ishii Gakuryū, born January 15, 1957), formerly known as Sogo Ishii (石井 聰互 Ishii Sōgo), is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, have cited Ishii's films as an influence.

Production

1979

Run

as Director

2001

1982

Burst City

as Director

2004

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

as Director of Photography

1994

Angel Dust

as Director

1994

Angel Dust

as Writer

1994

Angel Dust

as Editor

1984

The Crazy Family

as Director

1986

1/2 Man

as Director

1980

1997

1995

2003

Dead End Run

as Director

2005

Mirrored Mind

as Director

2005

Mirrored Mind

as Writer

1983

1981

Shuffle

as Director

1989

1978

2012

2013

2012

2016

Bitter Honey

as Editor

2003

Dead End Run

as Editor

1996

Lonely Planet

as Executive Producer

1996

Lonely Planet

as Editor

1979

Rusty Empty Can

as Director of Photography

2015

That's It

as Director

1993

1993

Korosiya Ami

as General Manager

1993

Wild Side

as General Manager

1993

Tokyo Blood

as Director

1980

Tokyo Cabbageman K

as Director of Photography

1993

Tokyo Blood

as Screenplay

1986

1/2 Man

as Screenplay

1979

Run

as Producer

2016

Bitter Honey

as Director

2001

Skirt

as Director

1982

Burst City

as Music Director

1995

2024

The Box Man

as Writer

1982

Burst City

as Screenplay

1976

1976

1997

2001

Skirt

as Editor

2024

The Box Man

as Director

1981

Shuffle

as Screenplay

2023

Almost People

as Director

2005

Mirrored Mind

as Producer

2005

Mirrored Mind

as Director of Photography

1980

Crazy Thunder Road

as Screenplay

2013

2013

Flower of Shanidar

as Screenplay

1983

1984

The Crazy Family

as Screenplay

1982

Burst City

as Editor

2019

2005

2005

A Day of the GOD Island

as Director of Photography

1979

2001

Skirt

as Story

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