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Director
Shunya Ito
- Born February 17, 1937 in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Director and screenwriter, Shunya Itō is a Japanese film director known for starting the Sasori / Female Prisoner Scorpion series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji. He won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset,[2] a story of a man suffering from Alzheimer's disease. This thus became Japan's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film instead of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, which caused a slight uproar in Western media as many critics thought Ran had a real chance of winning whereas Gray Sunset was not even shortlisted. (Galbraith)
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Known for
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion1972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 411972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable1973
Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus1995
Curse of the Dog God1977
Abashiri Prison1965
Gray Sunset1985
Patience Has An End1971
Filmography
- 2020Independence of JapanFilmDirector, Screenplay, Writer
- 2013Hajimari mo owari mo naiFilmWriter, Director
- 2010300 MillionFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2006What's a Director?FilmDirector
- 1998PrideFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1995Lupin the Third: Farewell to NostradamusFilmDirector
- 1995Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of OnimaroFilmDirector
- 1989Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass CapeFilmDirector, Writer
- 1988Labyrinth RomanesqueFilmDirector
- 1985Gray SunsetFilmDirector
- 1983White Snake EnchantmentFilmDirector
- 1982To Trap a KidnapperFilmDirector
- 1977Curse of the Dog GodFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1973Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast StableFilmDirector
- 1972Female Prisoner #701: ScorpionFilmDirector
- 1972Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41FilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1971Patience Has An EndFilmScreenplay
- 1969The Private PoliceFilmAssistant Director
- 1967ParoleFilmAssistant Director
- 1966The Bullet and the HorseFilmAssistant Director
- 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the SouthFilmAssistant Director
- 1965Abashiri PrisonFilmAssistant Director
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 4FilmAssistant Director