Teruo Ishii

Teruo Ishii

Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1924
Died
August 12, 2005 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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

2001
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf poster

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

Movie · Director

1999
Japanese Hell poster

Japanese Hell

Movie · Director

1998
Screwed poster

Screwed

Movie · Director

1995
Burai-Heiya poster

Burai-Heiya

Movie · Director

1993
Gensen-Kan Inn poster

Gensen-Kan Inn

Movie · Director

1991
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses poster

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

Movie · Director

1987
The Legend of Kentauros poster

The Legend of Kentauros

Movie · Director

1979
Violent Fighters poster

Violent Fighters

Movie · Director

1977
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army poster

Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army

Movie · Director

1976
Detonation! Violent Games poster

Detonation! Violent Games

Movie · Director

1976
The Runaway Season poster

The Runaway Season

Movie · Director

1976
Hobo General poster

Hobo General

Movie · Director

1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations poster

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

Movie · Director

1975
Great Jailbreak poster

Great Jailbreak

Movie · Director

1975
Detonation: Violent Riders poster

Detonation: Violent Riders

Movie · Director

1974
The Executioner poster

The Executioner

Movie · Director

1974
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno poster

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

Movie · Director

1973
Female Yakuza Tale poster

Female Yakuza Tale

Movie · Director

1973
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight poster

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

Movie · Director

1973
Yakuza of the Present poster

Yakuza of the Present

Movie · Director

1973
Lone Wolf and Cub poster

Lone Wolf and Cub

TV · Director · 78 eps

1972
The Red Silk Gambler poster

The Red Silk Gambler

Movie · Director

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1 poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1

Movie · Director

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2 poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2

Movie · Director

1971
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

Movie · Director

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat poster

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

Movie · Director

1970
Blind Woman's Curse poster

Blind Woman's Curse

Movie · Director

1970
Killer's Hit List poster

Killer's Hit List

Movie · Director

1970
Prison Tales poster

Prison Tales

Movie · Director

1969
Yakuza Law poster

Yakuza Law

Movie · Director

1969
Horrors of Malformed Men poster

Horrors of Malformed Men

Movie · Director

1969
Orgies of Edo poster

Orgies of Edo

Movie · Director

1969
Inferno of Torture poster

Inferno of Torture

Movie · Director

1969
Love and Crime poster

Love and Crime

Movie · Director

1969
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love poster

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love

Movie · Director

1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin poster

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

Movie · Director

1968
Shogun's Joy of Torture poster

Shogun's Joy of Torture

Movie · Director

1968
Hot Springs Geisha poster

Hot Springs Geisha

Movie · Director

1968
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy poster

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy

Movie · Director

1968
Once and For All Pt.2 poster

Once and For All Pt.2

Movie · Director

1967
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm poster

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

Movie · Director

1967
Once and For All poster

Once and For All

Movie · Director

1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

Movie · Director

1967
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil poster

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

Movie · Director

1966
Evil Brain from Outer Space poster

Evil Brain from Outer Space

Movie · Director

1966
Secret Agent 101

Secret Agent 101

Movie · Director

1966
The Bullet and the Horse poster

The Bullet and the Horse

Movie · Director

1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

Movie · Director

1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

Movie · Director

1965
Attack from Space poster

Attack from Space

Movie · Director

1965
Atomic Rulers poster

Atomic Rulers

Movie · Director

1965
Invaders from Space poster

Invaders from Space

Movie · Director

1965
Abashiri Prison poster

Abashiri Prison

Movie · Director

1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 poster

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

Movie · Director

1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 poster

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

Movie · Director

1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 poster

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Movie · Director

1965
The Boss poster

The Boss

Movie · Director

1964
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang poster

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang

Movie · Director

1964
The Shogun's Vault poster

The Shogun's Vault

Movie · Director

1964
An Outlaw poster

An Outlaw

Movie · Director

1964
Storm Party poster

Storm Party

Movie · Director

1963
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers poster

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers

Movie · Director

1963
Eleven Gangsters poster

Eleven Gangsters

Movie · Director

1963
Legends of Honor poster

Legends of Honor

Movie · Director

1963
Defeat the Boss poster

Defeat the Boss

Movie · Director

1962
Gang vs. Gang poster

Gang vs. Gang

Movie · Director

1962
All Rascals poster

All Rascals

Movie · Director

1962
G-Men in the Pacific poster

G-Men in the Pacific

Movie · Director

1961
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide poster

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide

Movie · Director

1961
Sexy Line poster

Sexy Line

Movie · Director

1961
Flower, Storm and Gangster poster

Flower, Storm and Gangster

Movie · Director

1961
The Yellow Climate poster

The Yellow Climate

Movie · Director

1961
Mist and Shadows poster

Mist and Shadows

Movie · Director

1960
Black Line poster

Black Line

Movie · Director

1960
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu poster

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu

Movie · Director

1960
Yellow Line poster

Yellow Line

Movie · Director

1960
Women of Whirlpool Island

Women of Whirlpool Island

Movie · Director

1959
Broken Blossoms poster

Broken Blossoms

Movie · Director

1959
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard poster

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard

Movie · Director

1958
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite poster

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

Movie · Director

1958
Secret White Line Zone poster

Secret White Line Zone

Movie · Director

1958
Queen Bee's Anger poster

Queen Bee's Anger

Movie · Director

1958
Flesh Pier poster

Flesh Pier

Movie · Director

1957
Super Giant Continues poster

Super Giant Continues

Movie · Director

1957
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction poster

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction

Movie · Director

1957
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity poster

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity

Movie · Director

1957
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle poster

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle

Movie · Director

1957
King of the Ring: The World of Glory poster

King of the Ring: The World of Glory

Movie · Director

1957
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals poster

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

Movie · Director

1957
Super Giant poster

Super Giant

Movie · Director

1956
Omoide tsukiyo

Omoide tsukiyo

Movie · Assistant Director

1956
Girl's Reform School poster

Girl's Reform School

Movie · Assistant Director

1955
The Shiinomi School poster

The Shiinomi School

Movie · Assistant Director

1955
The Tale of Jiro poster

The Tale of Jiro

Movie · Assistant Director

1953
Love Letter poster

Love Letter

Movie · Assistant Director

1952
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · Assistant Director

1951
Ginza Cosmetics poster

Ginza Cosmetics

Movie · Assistant Director

1950
Golden Beast

Golden Beast

Movie · Assistant Director

1950
A Mother's Love

A Mother's Love

Movie · Assistant Director