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Teruo Ishii

Directing

Teruo Ishii

JA, EN cinema · 103 credits

Born

1 January 1924

Died

12 August 2005 (aged 81)

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

Also known as 石井 輝男 · いしい てるお

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

Filmography

Teruo Ishii Fan Club poster

Teruo Ishii Fan Club

JA · 2006Not rated

Actor

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf poster

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

JA · 20013.8

Director

Japanese Hell poster

Japanese Hell

JA · 19994.7

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Screwed poster

Screwed

JA · 19984.9

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Burai-Heiya poster

Burai-Heiya

JA · 19959.0

Director, Screenplay

Gensen-Kan Inn poster

Gensen-Kan Inn

JA · 19937.0

Director, Screenplay

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses poster

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

JA · 19916.3

Writer, Director

The Legend of Kentauros poster

The Legend of Kentauros

JA · 19874.0

Director

Violent Fighters poster

Violent Fighters

JA · 19797.0

Screenplay, Director

Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army poster

Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army

JA · 19775.5

Director

Detonation! Violent Games poster

Detonation! Violent Games

JA · 19766.5

Director, Screenplay

The Runaway Season poster

The Runaway Season

JA · 19768.0

Director, Screenplay

Hobo General poster

Hobo General

JA · 197610.0

Screenplay, Director

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations poster

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

JA · 19759.0

Director, Screenplay

Great Jailbreak poster

Great Jailbreak

JA · 19757.0

Director, Screenplay

Detonation: Violent Riders poster

Detonation: Violent Riders

JA · 19758.3

Director, Writer

The Executioner poster

The Executioner

JA · 19746.6

Director, Screenplay

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno poster

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

JA · 19745.8

Director, Screenplay

Military Comfort Woman poster

Military Comfort Woman

JA · 19747.5

Screenplay

Female Yakuza Tale poster

Female Yakuza Tale

JA · 19736.1

Director, Writer

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight poster

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

JA · 19736.6

Director

Yokosuka Navy Prison poster

Yokosuka Navy Prison

JA · 19737.0

Screenplay

Yakuza of the Present poster

Yakuza of the Present

JA · 19737.0

Director

The Red Silk Gambler poster

The Red Silk Gambler

JA · 19727.2

Director

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1 poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1

JA · 1971Not rated

Director

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2 poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2

JA · 1971Not rated

Director

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô

JA · 1971Not rated

Director

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat

JA · 1971Not rated

Director

Blind Woman's Curse poster

Blind Woman's Curse

JA · 19706.3

Director, Screenplay

Killer's Hit List poster

Killer's Hit List

JA · 19708.0

Director, Screenplay

Prison Tales poster

Prison Tales

JA · 19707.0

Director, Screenplay

Yakuza Law poster

Yakuza Law

JA · 19696.1

Director, Screenplay

Horrors of Malformed Men poster

Horrors of Malformed Men

JA · 19695.7

Director, Screenplay

Orgies of Edo poster

Orgies of Edo

JA · 19695.9

Director, Screenplay

Inferno of Torture poster

Inferno of Torture

JA · 19695.7

Director, Screenplay

Love and Crime poster

Love and Crime

JA · 19697.2

Director, Screenplay

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love poster

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love

JA · 19696.2

Writer, Director

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin poster

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

JA · 19698.0

Screenplay, Director

Shogun's Joy of Torture poster

Shogun's Joy of Torture

JA · 19685.6

Director, Writer

Hot Springs Geisha poster

Hot Springs Geisha

JA · 19683.4

Director, Screenplay

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy poster

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy

JA · 19685.7

Director, Screenplay

Once and For All Pt.2 poster

Once and For All Pt.2

JA · 19689.0

Screenplay, Director

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm poster

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

JA · 19679.0

Director, Screenplay

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

JA · 19678.0

Screenplay, Director

Once and For All poster

Once and For All

JA · 196710.0

Screenplay, Director

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil poster

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

JA · 19679.0

Director, Screenplay

Evil Brain from Outer Space poster

Evil Brain from Outer Space

EN · 19665.0

Director

神火101 殺しの用心棒

1966

Secret Agent 101

JA · 19669.0

Director, Screenplay

The Bullet and the Horse poster

The Bullet and the Horse

JA · 19669.0

Director, Screenplay

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

JA · 19667.0

Director, Editor, Screenplay

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

JA · 19667.0

Director

Attack from Space poster

Attack from Space

JA · 19655.3

Director

Atomic Rulers poster

Atomic Rulers

EN · 19654.6

Director

Invaders from Space poster

Invaders from Space

JA · 19654.5

Director

Abashiri Prison poster

Abashiri Prison

JA · 19657.2

Director, Writer

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 poster

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

JA · 19659.0

Director, Screenplay

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 poster

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

JA · 19657.5

Director, Screenplay

The Boss poster

The Boss

JA · 19657.0

Screenplay, Editor, Director

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 poster

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

JA · 19658.0

Director, Screenplay

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang poster

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang

JA · 196410.0

Director, Screenplay

The Shogun's Vault poster

The Shogun's Vault

JA · 19647.0

Director, Screenplay

An Outlaw poster

An Outlaw

JA · 19645.0

Screenplay, Director

Storm Party poster

Storm Party

JA · 19649.0

Screenplay, Director

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers poster

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers

JA · 196310.0

Director, Screenplay

Eleven Gangsters poster

Eleven Gangsters

JA · 196310.0

Writer, Director

Legends of Honor poster

Legends of Honor

JA · 19639.0

Director, Screenplay

Defeat the Boss poster

Defeat the Boss

JA · 19638.0

Director, Screenplay

Gang vs. Gang poster

Gang vs. Gang

JA · 19627.3

Writer, Director

All Rascals poster

All Rascals

JA · 19627.0

Screenplay, Director

G-Men in the Pacific poster

G-Men in the Pacific

JA · 19626.3

Screenplay, Director

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide poster

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide

JA · 1961Not rated

Director

Sexy Line poster

Sexy Line

JA · 19615.0

Director, Writer

Flower, Storm and Gangster poster

Flower, Storm and Gangster

JA · 19616.3

Director

Death on the Mountain poster

Death on the Mountain

JA · 19617.3

Screenplay

The Yellow Climate poster

The Yellow Climate

JA · 19618.0

Director

Mist and Shadows poster

Mist and Shadows

JA · 19618.0

Director, Screenplay

Fire Line poster

Fire Line

JA · 19613.6

Screenplay

Black Line poster

Black Line

JA · 19605.0

Director, Screenplay

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu poster

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu

JA · 19608.0

Director, Screenplay

Yellow Line poster

Yellow Line

JA · 19607.8

Director, Screenplay

女体渦巻島

1960

Women of Whirlpool Island

JA · 19606.2

Writer, Director

Broken Blossoms poster

Broken Blossoms

JA · 19596.0

Writer, Director

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard poster

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard

JA · 195910.0

Director, Screenplay

Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite poster

Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite

JA · 195810.0

Director

Secret White Line Zone poster

Secret White Line Zone

JA · 19583.0

Director

Queen Bee's Anger poster

Queen Bee's Anger

JA · 19585.5

Director

Flesh Pier poster

Flesh Pier

JA · 19585.8

Director, Screenplay

Super Giant Continues poster

Super Giant Continues

JA · 19576.5

Director

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction poster

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction

JA · 19577.0

Director

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity poster

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity

JA · 19577.0

Director

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle poster

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle

JA · 19576.5

Director

King of the Ring: The World of Glory poster

King of the Ring: The World of Glory

JA · 1957Not rated

Director

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals poster

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

JA · 19578.0

Director

Super Giant poster

Super Giant

JA · 19575.7

Director

思い出月夜

1956

Omoide tsukiyo

JA · 1956Not rated

Adaptation, Assistant Director

Girl's Reform School poster

Girl's Reform School

JA · 1956Not rated

Assistant Director

The Shiinomi School poster

The Shiinomi School

JA · 19556.5

Assistant Director

The Tale of Jiro poster

The Tale of Jiro

JA · 19557.5

Assistant Director

Love Letter poster

Love Letter

JA · 19537.2

Assistant Director

Mother poster

Mother

JA · 19527.0

Assistant Director

Ginza Cosmetics poster

Ginza Cosmetics

JA · 19516.5

Assistant Director

黄金獣

1950

Golden Beast

JA · 1950Not rated

Assistant Director

母情

1950

A Mother's Love

JA · 1950Not rated

Assistant Director