Gakuryu Ishii — Director (22)
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Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018) [Movie] TMDB Douban
パンク侍、斬られて候
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Go Ayano / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: パンク侍、斬られて候 / 庞克武士(台) …
Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.
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1/2 Man (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
1/2 Mensch
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Mark Chung / FM Einheit …
other title: 1/2 Mensch
A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance in the ruins of an old ironworks which was scheduled for demolition; footage of same was incorporated into the movie and a brief appearance on stage.
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Burst City (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
爆裂都市
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Takanori Jinnai / Shigeru Izumiya …
other title: 爆裂都市
Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
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Charge! Hooligans of Hakata (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
突撃！博多愚連隊
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Masayoshi Shimizu / Tomio Yatani …
other title: 突撃！博多愚連隊 / Attack! Hakata Street Gang
Known for his striking visuals and outlandish subject matter, maverick director Sogo Ishii is considered to be the master of Japanese punk cinema. In ‘Attack!’, biker gangs meet the Japanese punk scene. Continuation of the filming of "High School Panic" after a stoppage by the production company. Awarded at the 1978 Pia FIlm Festival.
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Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
五条霊戦記／GOJOE
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Tadanobu Asano / Masatoshi Nagase …
other title: Gojoe - La leggenda / 五条霊戦記／GOJOE …
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he sets out to end their murderous terror.
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Angel Dust (1994) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
エンジェル・ダスト
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Kaho Minami / Takeshi Wakamatsu …
other title: Angel dust / エンジェル・ダスト …
A police psychologist suspects her former lover of serial murders on the Tokyo subway.
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Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
生きてるものはいないのか
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Shota Sometani / Rin Takanashi …
other title: 生きてるものはいないのか
In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life.
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Tokyo Blood (1993) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
Tokyo Blood
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Mai Hosho / Hairi Katagiri …
other title: Ｊ・ＭＯＶＩＥ・ＷＡＲＳ　TOKYO BLOOD / 东京血脉
監督：石井聰亙／製作：桑田瑞松／プロデューサー：仙頭武則、佐藤正悦／脚本：石井聰亙、宇野イサム／撮影：笠松則通／音楽：東京ダウザー／出演：山田辰夫、小島正資、立原ちえみ、大山澄子、田口トモロヲ、酒井敏也、松尾スズキ、片桐はいり、宝生舞
1993年／日本／カラー／本編33分+特典3分（監督：宇野イサム／製作現場の熱気を伝えるダイジェスト映像）／シンガポール国際映画祭、バンクーバー国際映画祭正式出品作品
●多彩な全4作品から成るオムニバス。
第1話「STREET NOISE」：義手の男は何かの音を追ってひたすら走る……。
第2話「自転車」：夜明け。偶然出会った女の子たちが世紀末東京の旅へ出る。
第3話「穴」：記憶喪失の記憶を呼び覚ます鍵は「穴」だった！
第4話「HEART OF STONE」：石になった女の子を巡る不思議な物語を壮大なスケールで描く。
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Bitter Honey (2016) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
蜜のあわれ
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Fumi Nikaido / Ren Osugi …
other title: 蜜のあわれ
Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer seeking greatness. Things quickly get complicated for the odd couple, however, when the writer's deceased former student/lover enters the picture as a ghost and helps Akako realize her own desires, activating her agency and frustrating the one-sided male fantasy the writer is so keen to continue.
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Crazy Thunder Road (1980) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
狂い咲きサンダーロード
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Koji Nanjo / Tatsuo Yamada …
other title: 狂い咲きサンダーロード / 狂雷街区 …
When Ken, the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo, falls in love with a barmaid, he quickly loses his rebellious ideals. The rest of the gang feels betrayed, especially the reputedly troubled kid Jin who revolts against his former friend.
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Asia Strikes Back (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
アジアの逆襲
director: Gakuryu Ishii
other title: アジアの逆襲
At an isolated location training camp for soldiers with supernatural powers makes a man revolt, causing a war to break out among the soldiers.
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Panic High School (1976) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
高校大パニック
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Toshiharu Shimizu / Hiroyuki Takeshita …
other title: 高校大パニック
A high school student has a mental breakdown and brings a gun to class. A standoff against the police ensues.
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Panic in High School (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
高校大パニック
director: Gakuryu Ishii / Yukihiro Sawada actor: Shigeru Yamamoto / Miyoko Akaza …
other title: Panique au Lycée / 高校大パニック …
A high school student rallies his classmates into rebelling violently when the administration refuses to take responsibility for the suicide of one of the students.