Teruo Ishii

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-01-01 (81 years old)

Deathday

2005-08-12

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Teruo Ishii

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.

Production

1974

The Executioner

as Director

1965

1963

1963

1969

Yakuza Law

as Director

1965

Atomic Rulers

as Director

1961

1972

1973

1973

1969

Orgies of Edo

as Director

1970

1969

1999

Japanese Hell

as Director

1969

Love and Crime

as Director

1960

Black Line

as Director

1965

1998

Screwed

as Director

1968

1957

1993

Gensen-Kan Inn

as Director

1965

Abashiri Prison

as Director

1965

1962

Gang vs. Gang

as Writer

1968

1962

Gang vs. Gang

as Director

1964

1950

Oogonju

as Assistant Director

1952

Mother

as Assistant Director

1951

Ginza Cosmetics

as Assistant Director

1966

Secret Agent 101

as Director

1959

Broken Blossoms

as Director

1959

1958

1998

Screwed

as Screenplay

1998

Screwed

as Producer

1955

The Shiinomi School

as Assistant Director

1958

1973

1961

Sexy Line

as Writer

1961

Sexy Line

as Director

1960

Yellow Line

as Screenplay

1960

Yellow Line

as Director

1966

Secret Agent 101

as Screenplay

1958

Flesh Pier

as Director

1958

Flesh Pier

as Screenplay

1962

All Rascals

as Director

1962

All Rascals

as Screenplay

1950

A Mother's Love

as Assistant Director

1953

Love Letter

as Assistant Director

1964

An Outlaw

as Screenplay

1964

An Outlaw

as Director

1956

Omoide tsukiyo

as Adaptation

1956

Omoide tsukiyo

as Assistant Director

1955

The Tale of Jiro

as Assistant Director

1963

1963

Eleven Gangsters

as Director

1962

1962

1964

The Shogun's Vault

as Screenplay

1970

Killer's Hit List

as Screenplay

1970

1965

The Boss

as Screenplay

1973

1975

Great Jailbreak

as Director

1961

1969

Yakuza Law

as Screenplay

1957

Super Giant

as Director

1976

1961

1968

Hot Springs Geisha

as Screenplay

1966

1969

Orgies of Edo

as Screenplay

1967

Once and For All

as Screenplay

1967

Once and For All

as Director

1960

Black Line

as Screenplay

1975

Great Jailbreak

as Screenplay

1963

Legends of Honor

as Screenplay

1961

Mist and Shadows

as Screenplay

1963

Legends of Honor

as Director

1961

Mist and Shadows

as Director

1964

Storm Party

as Director

1964

Storm Party

as Screenplay

1970

Prison Tales

as Director

1995

Villain Field

as Screenplay

1995

Villain Field

as Director

1969

Love and Crime

as Screenplay

1969

Inferno of Torture

as Screenplay

1969

1970

Prison Tales

as Screenplay

1965

The Boss

as Director

1965

The Boss

as Editor

1961

Fire Line

as Screenplay

1976

1993

Gensen-Kan Inn

as Screenplay

1976

The Runaway Season

as Screenplay

1974

1974

The Executioner

as Screenplay

1970

Blind Woman's Curse

as Screenplay

1999

Japanese Hell

as Producer

1999

Japanese Hell

as Screenplay

1976

Hobo General

as Screenplay

1976

Hobo General

as Director

1979

Violent Fighters

as Screenplay

1979

Violent Fighters

as Director

1956

Girl's Reform School

as Assistant Director

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