Teruo Ishii

Japanese Film director, Theatre director and author (1924–2005)

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Lived 1924–2005, aged 81Japan

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Era
1924–2005
Aged 81
Known for
Shogun's Joy of Torture
1968

Summary

Updated 2026-07-21

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 ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of sexploitation such as Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968). He also directed the 1965 film Abashiri Prison, which helped to make Ken Takakura a major star in Japan. Referred to in Japan as "The King of Cult", Ishii had a much more prolific and eclectic career than was generally known in the West during his lifetime.