Yasutake Torii

Biography

Yasutake Torii (鳥居康剛; born March 28, 1985) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. Born in France, he studied in Germany and Canada before graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2009. After returning to Japan, he worked under horror filmmaker Kotaro Terauchi and made his feature directorial debut with Hitori Kakurenbo: The Movie – Real Urban Legend (2012). Torii is best known for directing and shooting the Japanese horror films Death Forest 3 (2015) and Death Forest 4 (2016), based on the video game DeathForest: Escape from the Forest. His other directing credits include The Urban Legend of Sugisawa Village (2014), Hanako vs. Yosuke (2016), Parasite War (2017), and Tales of the Undeparted (2021). He has also worked extensively in cinematography, editing, and visual effects.