Director
Shunya Ito
Born February 17, 1937 in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan16 films
Director and screenwriter, Shunya Itō is a Japanese film director known for starting the Sasori / Female Prisoner Scorpion series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji.
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He won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset,[2] a story of a man suffering from Alzheimer's disease. This thus became Japan's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film instead of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, which caused a slight uproar in Western media as many critics thought Ran had a real chance of winning whereas Gray Sunset was not even shortlisted. (Galbraith)
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First watchFemale Prisoner #701: Scorpion19727.1After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
16 films as director- 2020Independence of JapanDirector
- 2013Hajimari mo owari mo naiDirector
- 2010300 MillionDirector
- 2006What's a Director?Director
- 1998PrideDirector
- 1995Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of OnimaroDirector
- 1995Lupin the Third: Farewell to NostradamusDirector
- 1989Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass CapeDirector
- 1988Labyrinth RomanesqueDirector
- 1985Gray SunsetDirector
- 1983White Snake EnchantmentDirector
- 1982To Trap a KidnapperDirector
- 1977Curse of the Dog GodDirector
- 1973Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast StableDirector
- 1972Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41Director
- 1972Female Prisoner #701: ScorpionDirector