Directing
Akio Jissoji
JA cinema · 55 credits
Born
29 March 1937
Died
29 November 2006 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Akio Jissōji · 吉良平治 · Heiji Kira
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
Filmography
Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
The Rug Cop
Supervising Producer
Silver Mask
Director, Executive Producer
Rampo Noir
Director
Summer of Ubume
Director
Arthouse Ultraman
Director
Zombie Snake
Title Designer
Murder on D Street
Director
Tokyo Decameron
Original Story
観月マリ 本番乱行
1993
Mizuki Mari: Honban rankô
Director, Screenplay
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Director, Screenplay, Production Supervisor
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
Production Supervisor
Dialogue
Director, Editor, Screenplay
La Valse
Director, Writer
Arietta
Director, Screenplay
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Script Supervisor, Story
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Director, Producer
Blue Lake Girl
Director
Tokyo Illusion
Director, Screenplay
Marital War in Kibogaoka
Original Story
Utamaro's World
Director
It Was a Faint Dream
Director
Poem
Director
Mandala
Director
This Transient Life
Director
