Directed credits
77
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Teruo Ishii
Directing
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Directed movies: 76Directed series: 1All crew 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
Frequent jobs
Director (72)Assistant Director (5)Screenplay (15)Writer (5)
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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Teruo Ishii.
3.4
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Director
2001 Movie
3.8
Japanese Hell
Director
1999 Movie
4.5
Screwed
Director
1998 Movie
Villain Field
Director
1995 Movie
6.0
Gensen-Kan Inn
Director
1993 Movie
The Legend of Kentauros
Director
1987 Movie
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army
Director
1977 Movie
The Runaway Season
Director
1976 Movie
6.0
Detonation! Violent Games
Director
1976 Movie
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
Director
1975 Movie
8.0
Detonation: Violent Riders
Director
1975 Movie
7.0
Great Jailbreak
Director
1975 Movie
5.5
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Director
1974 Movie
6.6
The Executioner
Director
1974 Movie
Yakuza of the Present
Director
1973 Movie
6.1
Female Yakuza Tale
Director
1973 Movie
6.6
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Director
1973 Movie
7.7
The Red Silk Gambler
Director
1972 Movie
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
Director
1971 Movie
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
Director
1971 Movie
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô
Director
1971 Movie
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
Director
1971 Movie
6.1
Blind Woman's Curse
Director
1970 Movie
Prison Tales
Director
1970 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Teruo Ishii.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Teruo Ishii.
5.6
Shogun's Joy of Torture
Director
1968 Movie
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
2006 Movie
6.9
Love and Crime
Director
1969 Movie
6.0
G-Men in the Pacific
Screenplay
1962 Movie
6.8
Love Letter
Assistant Director
1953 Movie
3.4
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Director
2001 Movie
6.6
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Director
1973 Movie
5.6
Inferno of Torture
Director
1969 Movie
5.6
Horrors of Malformed Men
Director
1969 Movie
5.8
Orgies of Edo
Director
1969 Movie
5.2
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
Director
1968 Movie
6.9
Mother
Assistant Director
1952 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Teruo Ishii.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Teruo Ishii.
5.9
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Writer
1991 Movie
Violent Fighters
Screenplay
1979 Movie
Hobo General
Screenplay
1976 Movie
Military Comfort Woman
Screenplay
1974 Movie
7.0
Yokosuka Navy Prison
Screenplay
1973 Movie
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Screenplay
1969 Movie
5.3
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
Writer
1969 Movie
Once and For All Pt.２
Screenplay
1968 Movie
Once and For All
Screenplay
1967 Movie
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Screenplay
1967 Movie
The Boss
Screenplay
1965 Movie
Storm Party
Screenplay
1964 Movie
4.2
An Outlaw
Screenplay
1964 Movie
Eleven Gangsters
Writer
1963 Movie
7.0
Gang vs. Gang
Writer
1962 Movie
6.0
G-Men in the Pacific
Screenplay
1962 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Teruo Ishii.