Actor

Teruo Ishii

Directing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

1.1

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Movies: 97Series: 1Crew credits: 97

TMDB ID: 86246

IMDb ID: nm0411030

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1924

Died: August 12, 2005

Age: 81

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1951 - 2006

Years active: 56

Average TMDB rating: 6.09

Wikidata: Q1139678

Also known as

石井輝男 • いしいてるお

Other jobs

Director (66)Screenplay (18)Writer (7)Assistant Director (5)Editor (1)

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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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Teruo Ishii.