Akio Jissōji
Film director (1937-2006) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 69
Akio Jissoji was a Japanese television and film director best known outside Japan for the 1960s tokusatsu TV series Ultraman and Ultraseven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy Mujo (無常), Mandala (曼陀羅), and Uta (哥).
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2006Died29 November 20062005
Ultraman MaxSeries, Director
Arthouse UltramanFilm, 2005Director2004
Ultra Q: Dark FantasySeries, Director1998
Murder on D StreetFilm, Director1997
Ultraman DynaSeries, Director1996
Ultraman TigaSeries, Director1994
A Watcher in the AtticFilm, Director1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of DiscourseFilm, Director1990
La ValseFilm, Director, Writer1988
Marquis de Sade's Prosperities of ViceFilm, Director1987The Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachiFilm, Director1983
Lanterns on Blue WatersFilm, Director1979
Akio Jissoji's UltramanFilm, Director1974
It Was a Faint DreamFilm, Director1971
Return of UltramanSeries, Writer
Silver KamenSeries, 1971Director, Creator
MandalaFilm, 1971Director1969
When Twilight Draws NearFilm, Director1968
Operation: MysterySeries, Director1967
UltrasevenSeries, Director, Writer1966
UltramanSeries, Director
The Birth of UltramanFilm, 1966Director1937Born29 March 1937
Ultraman MaxSeries, DirectorArthouse UltramanFilm, 2005Director2004Ultra Q: Dark FantasySeries, Director1998Murder on D StreetFilm, Director1997Ultraman DynaSeries, Director1996Ultraman TigaSeries, Director1994A Watcher in the AtticFilm, Director1992Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of DiscourseFilm, Director1990La ValseFilm, Director, Writer1988Marquis de Sade's Prosperities of ViceFilm, Director1987The Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachiFilm, Director1983Lanterns on Blue WatersFilm, Director1979Akio Jissoji's UltramanFilm, Director1974It Was a Faint DreamFilm, Director1971Return of UltramanSeries, WriterSilver KamenSeries, 1971Director, CreatorMandalaFilm, 1971Director1969When Twilight Draws NearFilm, Director1968Operation: MysterySeries, Director1967UltrasevenSeries, Director, Writer1966UltramanSeries, DirectorThe Birth of UltramanFilm, 1966Director1937Born29 March 1937People around Akio
Akiji Kobayashi Akio directed Mujo and Ultraman- Koji Abe Produced Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki (1991)
- Teruyoshi Ishii Directed Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki (1991)
Eiji Okada Akio directed Mujo and Utamaro's World
Susumu Kurobe Akio directed Ultraman (1979)
Kin Sugai Akio directed Mujo (1970)
Shin Kishida Also in Mandala, Poem and Utamaro's World
Ryō Tamura Also in This Transient Life, Mandala and Poem
Hiroyuki Sanada Akio directed Murder on D Street (1998)
Tadanobu Asano Akio directed Rampo Noir (2005)
Shintarō Katsu Akio directed Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Mikako Ichikawa Akio directed Rampo Noir (2005)
Ryūhei Matsuda Akio directed Rampo Noir (2005)
Bandō Tamasaburō V Akio directed Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Hiroki Narimiya Akio directed Rampo Noir (2005)
Mieko Harada Akio directed Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Nao Ōmori Akio directed Rampo Noir (2005)
Kyōko Kishida Akio directed Utamaro's World (1977)
Mikami Hiroshi Also in The Men Who Made Ultraman (1989)
Sandayū Dokumamushi Also in The Birth of Ultraman (1966)
Hiroshi Tsuburaya Also in The Men Who Made Ultraman (1989)
Yumi Yoshiyuki Also in Murder on D Street and Rampo Noir
Yūko Daike Also in Murder on D Street and Rampo Noir
Masanari Nihei Also in The Birth of Ultraman (1966)
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About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2006 · aged 69
