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Gakuryu Ishii

Gakuryu Ishii

Director · Born 1957-01-15 · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan

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Biography

Gakuryu Ishii (石井 岳龍 Ishii Gakuryū, born January 15, 1957), formerly known as Sogo Ishii (石井 聰互 Ishii Sōgo), is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, have cited Ishii's films as an influence.

Directed

  1. Electric Dragon 80000V (2001) — Director
  2. Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) — Director
  3. Angel Dust (1994) — Director
  4. August in the Water (1995) — Director
  5. Burst City (1982) — Director
  6. The Crazy Family (1984) — Director
  7. Labyrinth of Dreams (1997) — Director
  8. Mirrored Mind (2005) — Director
  9. Crazy Thunder Road (1980) — Director
  10. Shuffle (1981) — Director
  11. Dead End Run (2003) — Director
  12. 1/2 Man (1986) — Director
  13. That's It (2015) — Director
  14. Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018) — Director
  15. Panic in High School (1978) — Director
  16. Tokyo Blood (1993) — Director
  17. Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012) — Director
  18. 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) — Director
  19. The Box Man (2024) — Director
  20. The Private Detective Mike (2002) — Director
  21. Flower of Shanidar (2013) — Director
  22. Bitter Honey (2016) — Director
  23. Almost People (2023) — Director
  24. Asia Strikes Back (1983) — Director
  25. The Master of Shiatsu (1989) — Director
  26. Neo Ultra Q (2013) — Director
  27. Charge! Hooligans of Hakata (1978) — Director
  28. Solitude of One Divided by 880,000 (1977) — Director
  29. Panic High School (1976) — Director
  30. Jeonju Digital Project 2004 (2004) — Director
  31. A Day of the GOD Island (2005) — Director
  32. Norikoto-Toriaezu no Taiwa No. 1 (1982) — Director
  33. Private 8mm Film Live Diary 81-86 (1989) — Director
  34. Run (1979) — Director
  35. Your Order! The History of the Stalin (2006) — Director
  36. Skirt (2001) — Director
  37. Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle (2023) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. March Comes In Like a Lion (1991) — Ramen Deliveryman
  2. Instant Swamp (2009) — Shop Costumer / Nail Buyer
  3. MOMENT (1981)
  4. What's a Director? (2006)
  5. Humoresque (2006)
  6. Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague (2015)
  7. Never Mind a Little Rain (1984) — Himself
  8. Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle (2023)
  9. The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City (2020)