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Teruo Ishii

Teruo Ishii

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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.

Known for

Shogun's Joy of Torture
Female Yakuza Tale
Orgies of Edo
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Love and Crime
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

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