As Director
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
2001
3.5
Teruo Ishii
Directing
Birth Date
January 1, 1924
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death
August 12, 2005
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Japanese Hell
1999
4.2
As Director, As Writer
Screwed
1998
5.1
As Director, As Writer
Gensen-Kan Inn
1993
6.0
As Director, As Writer
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
5.8
As Director, As Writer
Detonation! Violent Games
1976
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Detonation: Violent Riders
1975
8.0
As Director, As Writer
Great Jailbreak
1975
7.0
As Director, As Writer
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974
5.5
As Director, As Writer
The Executioner
1974
6.6
As Writer
Yokosuka Navy Prison
1973
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Female Yakuza Tale
1973
6.2
As Director
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973
6.8
As Director
The Red Silk Gambler
1972
7.7
As Director, As Writer
Blind Woman's Curse
1970
6.2
As Director, As Writer
Horrors of Malformed Men
1969
5.7
As Director, As Writer
Love and Crime
1969
6.9
As Director, As Writer
Yakuza Law
1969
6.1
As Director, As Writer
Inferno of Torture
1969
5.8
As Director, As Writer
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969
5.3