1.5Directing

Teruo Ishii

Jan 1, 1924 - 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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2006	Teruo Ishii Fan Club

Crew

Media
Movie	1987	The Legend of Kentauros	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	The Executioner	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Attack from Space	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Gang and G-Men Part 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Gang and G-Men Part 2	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Yakuza Law	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Atomic Rulers	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Ren'ai Zubari Kōza	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Evil Brain from Outer Space	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Horrors of Malformed Men	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	The Red Silk Gambler	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Female Yakuza Tale	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Female Yakuza Tale	Writer	Writing
Movie	1969	Orgies of Edo	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Blind Woman's Curse	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Inferno of Torture	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf	Director	Directing
Movie	1999	Japanese Hell	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Shogun's Joy of Torture	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Shogun's Joy of Torture	Writer	Writing
Movie	1974	The Executioner II: Karate Inferno	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Detonation! Violent Games	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Love and Crime	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Black Line	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love	Writer	Writing
Movie	1969	Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Invaders from Space	Director	Directing
Movie	1998	Screwed	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Hot Springs Geisha	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Super Giant Continues	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Gensen-Kan Inn	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses	Writer	Writing
Movie	1991	The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Abashiri Prison	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Abashiri Prison	Writer	Writing
Movie	1962	Gang vs. Gang	Writer	Writing
Movie	1968	Once and For All Pt.２	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1968	Once and For All Pt.２	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	The Executioner II: Karate Inferno	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1964	Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1962	Gang vs. Gang	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	The Shogun's Vault	Director	Directing
Movie	1950	Oogonju	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1952	Mother	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Ginza Cosmetics	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Secret Agent 101	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	King of the Ring: The World of Glory	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Broken Blossoms	Writer	Writing
Movie	1959	Broken Blossoms	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Secret White Line Zone	Director	Directing
Movie	1998	Screwed	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1998	Screwed	Producer	Production
Movie	1955	The Shiinomi School	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Queen Bee's Anger	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Yokosuka Navy Prison	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1971	Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Sexy Line	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Sexy Line	Writer	Writing
Movie	1960	Yellow Line	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Yellow Line	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1966	Secret Agent 101	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1958	Flesh Pier	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Flesh Pier	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1962	All Rascals	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1962	All Rascals	Director	Directing
Movie	1950	A Mother's Love	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1953	Love Letter	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Fight to the Death in a Blizzard	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	An Outlaw	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1964	An Outlaw	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	Omoide tsukiyo	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1956	Omoide tsukiyo	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 4	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	The Bullet and the Horse	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	The Tale of Jiro	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Flower, Storm and Gangster	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1971	Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Women of Whirlpool Island	Writer	Writing
Movie	1960	Women of Whirlpool Island	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Eleven Gangsters	Writer	Writing
Movie	1963	Eleven Gangsters	Director	Directing
Movie	1962	G-Men in the Pacific	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1962	G-Men in the Pacific	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 3	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 3	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1977	Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	The Shogun's Vault	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1970	Killer's Hit List	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Killer's Hit List	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1965	The Boss	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1959	Fight to the Death in a Blizzard	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 4	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1967	A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1967	Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1973	Yakuza of the Present	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1975	300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Great Jailbreak	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Death on the Mountain	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Yakuza Law	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1957	Super Giant	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Detonation: Violent Riders	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Detonation: Violent Riders	Writer	Writing
Movie	1976	The Runaway Season	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	The Yellow Climate	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Hot Springs Geisha	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1966	The Bullet and the Horse	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Orgies of Edo	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1967	Once and For All	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1967	Once and For All	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Black Line	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1975	Great Jailbreak	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1961	Mist and Shadows	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Mist and Shadows	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1963	Legends of Honor	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Legends of Honor	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1964	Storm Party	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1964	Storm Party	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Prison Tales	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	Villain Field	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	Villain Field	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Love and Crime	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1975	300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Horrors of Malformed Men	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1969	Inferno of Torture	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1970	Prison Tales	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1965	The Boss	Editor	Editing
Movie	1967	Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	The Boss	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country	Editor	Editing
Movie	1966	Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Fire Line	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1976	Detonation! Violent Games	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1993	Gensen-Kan Inn	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1976	The Runaway Season	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1974	Military Comfort Woman	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1967	Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1974	The Executioner	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1970	Blind Woman's Curse	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1999	Japanese Hell	Producer	Production
Movie	1999	Japanese Hell	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1976	Hobo General	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1976	Hobo General	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Violent Fighters	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1979	Violent Fighters	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1956	Girl's Reform School	Assistant Director	Directing
TV Show	1973	Lone Wolf and Cub	Director	Directing