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

Synopsis 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; and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.

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Animation Maestro Gisaburo

2012 · Documentary · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Masato Ishioka

Cast Gisaburô Sugii · Yasuo Otsuka

Synopsis 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) and personality, Masato Ishioka does an in-depth study of the...

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Scout Man

2000 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Masato Ishioka

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

Synopsis 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 move from the outskirts of Japan to Tokyo in hopes...

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