Teruo Ishii
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

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Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer (2001)
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Japanese Hell (1999)
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Screwed (1998)
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Villain Field (1995)
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Gensen-Kan Inn (1993)
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The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses (1991)
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The Legend of Kentauros (1987)
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Violent Fighters (1979)
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Danguard Ace vs Insect Robot Army (1977)
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The Runaway Season (1976)
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Hobo General (1976)
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Detonation! Violent Games (1976)
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300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins (1975)
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Detonation: Violent Riders (1975)
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Great Jailbreak (1975)
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
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The Executioner (1974)
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Military Comfort Woman (1974)
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Yokosuka Navy Prison (1973)
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Yakuza of the Present (1973)
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Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
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Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
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The Red Silk Gambler (1972)
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat (1971)
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2 (1971)
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô (1971)
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1 (1971)
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Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
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Prison Tales (1970)
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Killer's Hit List (1970)
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Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
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Love and Crime (1969)
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Yakuza Law (1969)
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Inferno of Torture (1969)
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Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin (1969)
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Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love (1969)
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Orgies of Edo (1969)
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Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)
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Hot Springs Geisha (1968)
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Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy (1968)
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Once and For All Pt.２ (1968)
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A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (1967)
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Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil (1967)
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Once and For All (1967)
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (1967)
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country (1966)
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Secret Agent 101 (1966)
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South (1966)
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The Bullet and the Horse (1966)
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Evil Brain from Outer Space (1966)
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 (1965)
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 (1965)
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Invaders from Space (1965)
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Abashiri Prison (1965)
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Atomic Rulers (1965)
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Attack from Space (1965)
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The Boss (1965)
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Storm Party (1964)
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The Shogun's Vault (1964)
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An Outlaw (1964)
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Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang (1964)
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Legends of Honor (1963)
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Gang and G-Men Part 2 (1963)
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Eleven Gangsters (1963)
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Gang vs. Gang (1962)
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G-Men in the Pacific (1962)
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All Rascals (1962)
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The Yellow Climate (1961)
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Mist and Shadows (1961)
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Flower, Storm and Gangster (1961)
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Death on the Mountain (1961)
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Fire Line (1961)
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Ren'ai Zubari Kôza (1961)
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Sexy Line (1961)
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Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)
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Yellow Line (1960)
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Women of Whirlpool Island (1960)
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Black Line (1960)
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Fight to the Death in a Blizzard (1959)
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Broken Blossoms (1959)
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Queen Bee's Anger (1958)
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Secret White Line Zone (1958)
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Flesh Pier (1958)
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Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite (1958)
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Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity (1957)
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Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals (1957)
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Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction (1957)
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Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle (1957)
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Super Giant Continues (1957)
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Super Giant (1957)
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King of the Ring: The World of Glory (1957)
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Omoide tsukiyo (1956)
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The Tale of Jiro (1955)
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The Shiinomi School (1955)
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Love Letter (1953)
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Mother (1952)
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Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
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Oogonju (1950)
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A Mother's Love (1950)
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