Teruo Ishii

Teruo Ishii

Directing1st January 1924(died at 81)Tokyo, Japan104 titles

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.

Born

1st January 1924 · Tokyo, Japan

Died

12th August 2005

Known for

Directing

Also known as

石井輝男, いしいてるお

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Known for

Blind Woman's Curse

Movie Crime Horror

–20th June 1970

Horrors of Malformed Men

Movie Horror Mystery

–31st October 1969

Female Yakuza Tale

Movie Action Crime

–6th June 1973

Shogun's Joy of Torture

Movie Horror Drama

–28th September 1968

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

–3rd February 1973

Love Letter

Movie Romance Drama

–13th December 1953

The Executioner

–10th August 1974

Inferno of Torture

Movie Drama Horror

–2nd May 1969

Orgies of Edo

Movie Drama Thriller

–9th January 1969

Evil Brain from Outer Space

Movie Action Science Fiction

–21st January 1966

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

Movie Action Comedy

–28th December 1974

Mother

–12th June 1952

Yakuza Law

Movie Action Crime

–27th June 1969

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

–24th June 2001

Ginza Cosmetics

–14th April 1951

Love and Crime

Movie Crime Drama

–27th August 1969

Filmography

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