Direction: Teruo Ishii

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Teruo Ishii. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Crimson Bat (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Seiji Hisamatsu · Teruo Ishii · Tsuneo Kobayashi · Minoru Matsushima

Cast Yôko Matsuyama · Tetsurô Tanba · Hiroshi Fujioka · Yasushi Suzuki

Plot TV series (1971). 1 season. 25 episodes.

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Hana to arashi to gyangu

1961 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Ken Takakura · Koji Tsuruta · Mamoru Ogawa · Shinjiro Ebara

Plot A gang plans a big bank robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.

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Blind Beast vs. Dwarf

2001 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Lily Franky · Shinya Tsukamoto · Hisayoshi Hirayama · Little Frankie

Plot Monzo Kobayashi is a dime-novel writer. He goes to see the stage of Ranko Mizuki, a star of an all-girls'-operetta company known as Asakusa Revue. Monzo notices a creepy man...

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Another Abashiri Prison Story

1965 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Ken Takakura · Michiko Saga · Kanjuro Arashi · Kunie Tanaka

Plot Tachibana has completed his three years in prison and returns to the streets. He and his old cell mate wants a new life as ex-prisoners, but by chance they come...

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