Direction: Masato Ishioka

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


Tokyo Noir

2004 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

Direction Masato Ishioka · Naoto Kumazawa

Cast Bengaru · Ken'ichi Endô · Fumina Hara · Toru Minegishi

Plot In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night; a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by;...

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Animation Maestro Gisaburo

2012 · Documentary · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Masato Ishioka

Cast Gisaburô Sugii · Yasuo Otsuka

Plot The tribute that Sitges and Anima’t are paying to Gisabur? this year has its perfect finale in this documentary, recently premiering in Japan. Portraying both Sugii’s work (imaginative, artisanal, lyrical)...

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Yoyochu in the Land of the Rising Sex

2011 · Documentary · 116 min. · Japan

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Scout Man

2000 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Masato Ishioka

Cast Miku Matsumoto · Hideo Nakaizumi · Yuka Fujimoto · Akihito Yoshiie

Plot Two well-meaning youngsters find they're cut out for a career in smut in this Japanese comedy-drama. Atsushi (Hideo Nakaizumi) and his girlfriend Mari (Miku Matsumoto) are a young couple who...

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