Personal Info
Birthday
January 1, 1924
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Directing
Teruo Ishii
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.
Directed Movies (88)
3.8
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Movie2001
4.7
Japanese Hell
Movie1999
4.9
Screwed
Movie1998
No Backdrop
9.0
Burai-Heiya
Movie1995
No Backdrop
7.5
Gensen-Kan Inn
Movie1993
6.3
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Movie1991
4.0
The Legend of Kentauros
Movie1987
7.0
Violent Fighters
Movie1979
5.5
Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army
Movie1977
8.0
The Runaway Season
Movie1976
No Backdrop
10.0
Hobo General
Movie1976
6.5
Detonation! Violent Games
Movie1976
9.0
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
Movie1975
8.5
Detonation: Violent Riders
Movie1975
7.0
Great Jailbreak
Movie1975
5.7
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Movie1974
6.6
The Executioner
Movie1974
7.0
Yakuza of the Present
Movie1973
6.1
Female Yakuza Tale
Movie1973
8.1
Lone Wolf and Cub
TV Series1973
6.6
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Movie1973
7.2
The Red Silk Gambler
Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
Movie1971
No Backdrop
0.0
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
Movie1971
No Backdrop
0.0
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô
Movie1971
No Backdrop
0.0
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
Movie1971
6.2
Blind Woman's Curse
Movie1970
No Backdrop
7.0
Prison Tales
Movie1970
8.0
Killer's Hit List
Movie1970
5.6
Horrors of Malformed Men
Movie1969
7.2
Love and Crime
Movie1969
6.1
Yakuza Law
Movie1969
5.7
Inferno of Torture
Movie1969
No Backdrop
8.0
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Movie1969
6.3
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
Movie1969
6.0
Orgies of Edo
Movie1969
5.6
Shogun's Joy of Torture
Movie1968
3.4
Hot Springs Geisha
Movie1968
5.7
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
Movie1968
9.0
Once and For All Pt.２
Movie1968
No Backdrop
9.0
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
Movie1967
9.0
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Movie1967
10.0
Once and For All
Movie1967
No Backdrop
8.0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Movie1967
No Backdrop
7.0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Movie1966
7.0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Movie1966
No Backdrop
9.0
The Bullet and the Horse
Movie1966
5.0
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Movie1966
No Backdrop
9.0
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Movie1965
7.5
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Movie1965
8.0
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Movie1965
No Backdrop
4.5
Invaders from Space
Movie1965
7.2
Abashiri Prison
Movie1965
No Backdrop
4.6
Atomic Rulers
Movie1965
No Backdrop
5.1
Attack from Space
Movie1965
7.0
The Boss
Movie1965
9.0
Storm Party
Movie1964
No Backdrop
7.0
The Shogun's Vault
Movie1964
5.0
An Outlaw
Movie1964
10.0
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
Movie1964
9.0
Legends of Honor
Movie1963
No Backdrop
8.0
Defeat the Boss
Movie1963
No Backdrop
10.0
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
Movie1963
10.0
Eleven Gangsters
Movie1963
7.3
Gang vs. Gang
Movie1962
6.3
G-Men in the Pacific
Movie1962
7.0
All Rascals
Movie1962
No Backdrop
8.0
The Yellow Climate
Movie1961
8.0
Mist and Shadows
Movie1961
6.3
Flower, Storm and Gangster
Movie1961
0.0
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
Movie1961
5.0
Sexy Line
Movie1961
8.0
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Movie1960
7.8
Yellow Line
Movie1960
5.0
Black Line
Movie1960
No Backdrop
10.0
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
Movie1959
No Backdrop
6.0
Broken Blossoms
Movie1959
No Backdrop
5.5
Queen Bee's Anger
Movie1958
No Backdrop
3.0
Secret White Line Zone
Movie1958
5.8
Flesh Pier
Movie1958
No Backdrop
10.0
Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite
Movie1958
No Backdrop
7.0
Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
Movie1957
8.0
Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Movie1957
No Backdrop
7.0
Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Movie1957
No Backdrop
6.5
Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Movie1957
No Backdrop
6.5
Super Giant Continues
Movie1957
No Backdrop
5.7
Super Giant
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
King of the Ring: The World of Glory
Movie1957