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 |