
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.
Acting (1 movie)
Directing (89 movies)

The Legend of Kentauros
1987

The Executioner
1974

Attack from Space
1965

Gang and G-Men Part 2
1963

Yakuza Law
1969

Atomic Rulers
1965

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961

Evil Brain from Outer Space
1966

Horrors of Malformed Men
1969

The Red Silk Gambler
1972

Female Yakuza Tale
1973

Orgies of Edo
1969

Blind Woman's Curse
1970

Inferno of Torture
1969

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
2001

Japanese Hell
1999

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973

Shogun's Joy of Torture
1968

Detonation! Violent Games
1976

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974

Love and Crime
1969

Black Line
1960

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969

Invaders from Space
1965

Screwed
1998

Hot Springs Geisha
1968

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
1968

Super Giant Continues
1957

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
1957

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
1957

Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite
1958

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
1957

Gensen-Kan Inn
1993

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969

Abashiri Prison
1965

Once and For All Pt.2
1968

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964

Gang vs. Gang
1962

The Shogun's Vault
1964
Secret Agent 101
1966

King of the Ring: The World of Glory
1957

Broken Blossoms
1959

Secret White Line Zone
1958

Queen Bee's Anger
1958

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
1971

Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
1971

Sexy Line
1961

Yellow Line
1960

Flesh Pier
1958

All Rascals
1962

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
1959

An Outlaw
1964

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
1957

The Bullet and the Horse
1966

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965

Flower, Storm and Gangster
1961

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

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
1971
Women of Whirlpool Island
1960

Eleven Gangsters
1963

G-Men in the Pacific
1962

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965

Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army
1977

Killer's Hit List
1970

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
1967

Yakuza of the Present
1973

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975

Great Jailbreak
1975

Super Giant
1957

Detonation: Violent Riders
1975

The Runaway Season
1976

The Yellow Climate
1961

Once and For All
1967

Mist and Shadows
1961

Legends of Honor
1963

Storm Party
1964

Prison Tales
1970

Villain Field
1995

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967

The Boss
1965

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967

Hobo General
1976

Violent Fighters
1979

Defeat the Boss
1963
