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Teruo Ishii

Director • Born 1924

Teruo Ishii

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About

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

Lone Wolf and Cub posterLone Wolf and CubSeries • 1973Female Yakuza Tale posterFemale Yakuza TaleMovie • 1973Shogun's Joy of Torture posterShogun's Joy of TortureMovie • 1968Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight posterBohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightMovie • 1973Orgies of Edo posterOrgies of EdoMovie • 1969The Executioner posterThe ExecutionerMovie • 1974Mother posterMotherMovie • 1952Horrors of Malformed Men posterHorrors of Malformed MenMovie • 1969Blind Woman's Curse posterBlind Woman's CurseMovie • 1970Love Letter posterLove LetterMovie • 1953The Executioner II: Karate Inferno posterThe Executioner II: Karate InfernoMovie • 1974Inferno of Torture posterInferno of TortureMovie • 1969Evil Brain from Outer Space posterEvil Brain from Outer SpaceMovie • 1966Attack from Space posterAttack from SpaceMovie • 1965