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Teruo Ishii

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Teruo Ishii

Born January 1, 1924 in Tokyo, JapanDied August 12, 200589 films

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.

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Blind Woman's Curse posterFirst watchBlind Woman's Curse19706.3Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing…View film

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Horrors of Malformed Men poster5.7Horrors of Malformed Men1969

Filmography

89 films as director
  1. 2001Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfDirector
  2. 1999Japanese HellDirector
  3. 1998ScrewedDirector
  4. 1995Burai-HeiyaDirector
  5. 1993Gensen-Kan InnDirector
  6. 1991The Hitman: Blood Smells Like RosesDirector
  7. 1987The Legend of KentaurosDirector
  8. 1979Violent FightersDirector
  9. 1977Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot ArmyDirector
  10. 1976The Runaway SeasonDirector
  11. 1976Hobo GeneralDirector
  12. 1976Detonation! Violent GamesDirector
  13. 1975300 Million Thief: Statute of LimitationsDirector
  14. 1975Detonation: Violent RidersDirector
  15. 1975Great JailbreakDirector
  16. 1974The Executioner II: Karate InfernoDirector
  17. 1974The ExecutionerDirector
  18. 1973Yakuza of the PresentDirector
  19. 1973Female Yakuza TaleDirector
  20. 1973Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightDirector
  21. 1972The Red Silk GamblerDirector
  22. 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit BoatDirector
  23. 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2Director
  24. 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s BanchôDirector
  25. 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1Director
  26. 1970Blind Woman's CurseDirector
  27. 1970Prison TalesDirector
  28. 1970Killer's Hit ListDirector
  29. 1969Horrors of Malformed MenDirector
  30. 1969Love and CrimeDirector
  31. 1969Yakuza LawDirector
  32. 1969Inferno of TortureDirector
  33. 1969Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron SkinDirector
  34. 1969Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive LoveDirector
  35. 1969Orgies of EdoDirector
  36. 1968Shogun's Joy of TortureDirector
  37. 1968Hot Springs GeishaDirector
  38. 1968Tokugawa: Woman's GenealogyDirector
  39. 1968Once and For All Pt.２Director
  40. 1967A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormDirector
  41. 1967Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the EvilDirector
  42. 1967Once and For AllDirector
  43. 1967Abashiri Prison: Duel in HokkaidoDirector
  44. 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow CountryDirector
  45. 1966Secret Agent 101Director
  46. 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the SouthDirector
  47. 1966The Bullet and the HorseDirector
  48. 1966Evil Brain from Outer SpaceDirector
  49. 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 4Director
  50. 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 3Director
  51. 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2Director
  52. 1965Invaders from SpaceDirector
  53. 1965Abashiri PrisonDirector
  54. 1965Atomic RulersDirector
  55. 1965Attack from SpaceDirector
  56. 1965The BossDirector
  57. 1964Storm PartyDirector
  58. 1964The Shogun's VaultDirector
  59. 1964An OutlawDirector
  60. 1964Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong GangDirector
  61. 1963Legends of HonorDirector
  62. 1963Defeat the BossDirector
  63. 1963Gang vs. G-Men: Safe BreakersDirector
  64. 1963Eleven GangstersDirector
  65. 1962Gang vs. GangDirector
  66. 1962G-Men in the PacificDirector
  67. 1962All RascalsDirector
  68. 1961The Yellow ClimateDirector
  69. 1961Mist and ShadowsDirector
  70. 1961Flower, Storm and GangsterDirector
  71. 1961Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive GuideDirector
  72. 1961Sexy LineDirector
  73. 1960Queen Bee and College Boy RyuDirector
  74. 1960Yellow LineDirector
  75. 1960Women of Whirlpool IslandDirector
  76. 1960Black LineDirector
  77. 1959Fight to the Death in a BlizzardDirector
  78. 1959Broken BlossomsDirector
  79. 1958Queen Bee's AngerDirector
  80. 1958Secret White Line ZoneDirector
  81. 1958Flesh PierDirector
  82. 1958Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial SatelliteDirector
  83. 1957Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of HumanityDirector
  84. 1957Nude Actress Murder Case: Five CriminalsDirector
  85. 1957Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of DestructionDirector
  86. 1957Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic CastleDirector
  87. 1957Super Giant ContinuesDirector
  88. 1957Super GiantDirector
  89. 1957King of the Ring: The World of GloryDirector