Teruo Ishii
Directing·January 1, 1924·† August 12, 2005 — 81 years old·Tokyo, Japan
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
1970·6.2
Horrors of Malformed Men
1969·5.6
Female Yakuza Tale
1973·6.1
Shogun's Joy of Torture
1968·5.6
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973·6.6
Inferno of Torture
1969·5.7
Love Letter
1953·6.8
The Executioner
1974·6.6
Orgies of Edo
1969·6.0
Mother
1952·7.0
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974·5.7
Evil Brain from Outer Space
1966·5.0
Filmography · 104
2006Teruo Ishii Fan Club2001Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfDirector1999Japanese HellDirector · Producer · Screenplay1998ScrewedDirector · Screenplay · Producer1995Burai-HeiyaDirector · Screenplay1993Gensen-Kan InnDirector · Screenplay1991The Hitman: Blood Smells Like RosesWriter · Director1987The Legend of KentaurosDirector1979Violent FightersScreenplay · Director1977Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot ArmyDirector1976The Runaway SeasonDirector · Screenplay1976Hobo GeneralScreenplay · Director1976Detonation! Violent GamesDirector · Screenplay1975300 Million Thief: Statute of LimitationsDirector · Screenplay1975Detonation: Violent RidersDirector · Writer1975Great JailbreakDirector · Screenplay1974The Executioner II: Karate InfernoDirector · Screenplay1974The ExecutionerDirector · Screenplay1974Military Comfort WomanScreenplay1973Yokosuka Navy PrisonScreenplay1973Yakuza of the PresentDirector1973Female Yakuza TaleDirector · Writer1973Lone Wolf and CubTVDirector1973Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightDirector1972The Red Silk GamblerDirector1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit BoatDirector1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2Director1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s BanchôDirector1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1Director1970Blind Woman's CurseDirector · Screenplay1970Prison TalesDirector · Screenplay1970Killer's Hit ListDirector · Screenplay1969Horrors of Malformed MenDirector · Screenplay1969Love and CrimeDirector · Screenplay1969Yakuza LawDirector · Screenplay1969Inferno of TortureDirector · Screenplay1969Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron SkinScreenplay · Director1969Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive LoveWriter · Director1969Orgies of EdoDirector · Screenplay1968Shogun's Joy of TortureDirector · Writer1968Hot Springs GeishaDirector · Screenplay1968Tokugawa: Woman's GenealogyDirector · Screenplay1968Once and For All Pt.２Screenplay · Director1967A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormDirector · Screenplay1967Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the EvilDirector · Screenplay1967Once and For AllScreenplay · Director1967Abashiri Prison: Duel in HokkaidoScreenplay · Director1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow CountryDirector · Editor · Screenplay1966Secret Agent 101Director · Screenplay1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the SouthDirector1966The Bullet and the HorseDirector · Screenplay1966Evil Brain from Outer SpaceDirector1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 4Director · Screenplay1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 3Director · Screenplay1965Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2Director · Screenplay1965Invaders from SpaceDirector1965Abashiri PrisonDirector · Writer1965Atomic RulersDirector1965Attack from SpaceDirector1965The BossScreenplay · Editor · Director1964Storm PartyScreenplay · Director1964The Shogun's VaultDirector · Screenplay1964An OutlawScreenplay · Director1964Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong GangDirector · Screenplay1963Legends of HonorDirector · Screenplay1963Defeat the BossDirector · Screenplay1963Gang vs. G-Men: Safe BreakersDirector · Screenplay1963Eleven GangstersWriter · Director1962Gang vs. GangWriter · Director1962G-Men in the PacificScreenplay · Director1962All RascalsScreenplay · Director1961The Yellow ClimateDirector1961Mist and ShadowsDirector · Screenplay1961Flower, Storm and GangsterDirector1961Death on the MountainScreenplay1961Fire LineScreenplay1961Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive GuideDirector1961Sexy LineDirector · Writer1960Queen Bee and College Boy RyuDirector · Screenplay1960Yellow LineDirector · Screenplay1960Women of Whirlpool IslandWriter · Director1960Black LineDirector · Screenplay1959Fight to the Death in a BlizzardDirector · Screenplay1959Broken BlossomsWriter · Director1958Queen Bee's AngerDirector1958Secret White Line ZoneDirector1958Flesh PierDirector · Screenplay1958Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial SatelliteDirector1957Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of HumanityDirector1957Nude Actress Murder Case: Five CriminalsDirector1957Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of DestructionDirector1957Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic CastleDirector1957Super Giant ContinuesDirector1957Super GiantDirector1957King of the Ring: The World of GloryDirector1956Omoide tsukiyoAdaptation · Assistant Director1956Girl's Reform SchoolAssistant Director1955The Tale of JiroAssistant Director1955The Shiinomi SchoolAssistant Director1953Love LetterAssistant Director1952MotherAssistant Director1951Ginza CosmeticsAssistant Director1950Golden BeastAssistant Director1950A Mother's LoveAssistant Director