
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 1, 1924
Died
August 12, 2005 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- 石井 輝男
- いしい てるお
Teruo Ishii
Biography
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
Directing

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Director
2001

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Director, Screenplay
1974

The Executioner
Director, Screenplay
1974

Female Yakuza Tale
Director, Writer
1973

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Director
1973

Blind Woman's Curse
Director, Screenplay
1970

Horrors of Malformed Men
Director, Screenplay
1969

Yakuza Law
Director, Screenplay
1969

Inferno of Torture
Director, Screenplay
1969

Orgies of Edo
Director, Screenplay
1969

Shogun's Joy of Torture
Director, Writer
1968

Evil Brain from Outer Space
Director
1966