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Teruo Ishii

Teruo Ishii

Director·1924–2005·Tokyo, Japan

12 horror credits

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.

Director12 films

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

Director

2001
Japanese Hell

Japanese Hell

Director

1999
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat

Director

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2

Director

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô

Director

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1

Director

1971
Blind Woman's Curse

Blind Woman's Curse

Director

1970 3.5
Horrors of Malformed Men

Horrors of Malformed Men

Director

1969 3.5
Love and Crime

Love and Crime

Director

1969
Inferno of Torture

Inferno of Torture

Director

1969
Orgies of Edo

Orgies of Edo

Director

1969
Shogun's Joy of Torture

Shogun's Joy of Torture

Director

1968

Writer7 films

Japanese Hell

Japanese Hell

Screenplay

1999
Blind Woman's Curse

Blind Woman's Curse

Screenplay

1970 3.5
Horrors of Malformed Men

Horrors of Malformed Men

Screenplay

1969 3.5
Love and Crime

Love and Crime

Screenplay

1969
Inferno of Torture

Inferno of Torture

Screenplay

1969
Orgies of Edo

Orgies of Edo

Screenplay

1969
Shogun's Joy of Torture

Shogun's Joy of Torture

Writer

1968

Producer1 film

Japanese Hell

Japanese Hell

Producer

1999