
Gakuryu Ishii
Biography
Gakuryu Ishii (石井 岳龍 Ishii Gakuryū, born January 15, 1957), formerly known as Sogo Ishii (石井 聰互 Ishii Sōgo), is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, have cited Ishii's films as an influence.
Acting (9 movies)

What's a Director?
2006

MOMENT
1981

Humoresque
2006

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015

March Comes In Like a Lion
1991

Never Mind a Little Rain
1984

Instant Swamp
2009

Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle
2023

The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City
2020
Directing (35 movies)

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
Norikoto-Toriaezu no Taiwa No. 1
1982
Private 8mm Film Live Diary 81-86
1989
Run
1979

Electric Dragon 80000V
2001

Burst City
1982

Angel Dust
1994

The Crazy Family
1984

1/2 Man
1986

Crazy Thunder Road
1980

Labyrinth of Dreams
1997

Dead End Run
2003

August in the Water
1995

Mirrored Mind
2005

Asia Strikes Back
1983

Shuffle
1981

Your Order! The History of the Stalin
2006

The Master of Shiatsu
1989

Panic in High School
1978

Isn't Anyone Alive?
2012

Flower of Shanidar
2013

That's It
2015

Solitude of One Divided by 880,000
1977

Charge! Hooligans of Hakata
1978

Tokyo Blood
1993

Bitter Honey
2016

Skirt
2001

Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle
2023

Panic High School
1976

The Box Man
2024

Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018

Almost People
2023

Jeonju Digital Project 2004
2004

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011

A Day of the GOD Island
2005
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Panic High School | 1976 | Writer | 
| Charge! Hooligans of Hakata | 1978 | Screenplay | 
| Run | 1979 | Producer | 
| Crazy Thunder Road | 1980 | Screenplay | 
| Shuffle | 1981 | Screenplay | 
| Burst City | 1982 | Screenplay | 
| Asia Strikes Back | 1983 | Producer | 
| The Crazy Family | 1984 | Screenplay | 
| 1/2 Man | 1986 | Screenplay | 
| Tokyo Blood | 1993 | Screenplay | 
| Angel Dust | 1994 | Writer | 
| August in the Water | 1995 | Writer | 
| Lonely Planet | 1996 | Executive Producer | 
| Labyrinth of Dreams | 1997 | Writer | 
| Electric Dragon 80000V | 2001 | Writer | 
| Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle | 2001 | Screenplay | 
| Dead End Run | 2003 | Writer | 
| Dead End Run | 2003 | Screenplay | 
| Jeonju Digital Project 2004 | 2004 | Writer | 
| A Day of the GOD Island | 2005 | Screenplay | 
| A Day of the GOD Island | 2005 | Producer | 
| Mirrored Mind | 2005 | Writer | 
| Mirrored Mind | 2005 | Producer | 
| Flower of Shanidar | 2013 | Screenplay | 
| Future Imaginations | 2019 | Producer | 
| Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle | 2023 | Writer | 
| The Box Man | 2024 | Writer |