Gakuryu Ishii

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.

Known For

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Acting

2006

What's a Director?

as

1981

MOMENT

as

2006

Humoresque

as

2015

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

as

1991

March Comes In Like a Lion

as

Ramen Deliveryman

1984

Never Mind a Little Rain

as

Himself

2009

Instant Swamp

as

Shop Costumer / Nail Buyer

Production

1996

Lonely Planet

as

1993

Kitakoto no aru hajimete no michi

as

1993

Korosiya Ami

as

1993

Wild Side

as

1979

Run

as

2005

Mirrored Mind

as

1983

Asia Strikes Back

as

2019

Future Imaginations

as

Crew

Directing

2001

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

as

1982

Norikoto-Toriaezu no Taiwa No. 1

as

1989

Private 8mm Film Live Diary 81-86

as

1979

Run

as

2001

Electric Dragon 80.000 V

as

1982

Burst City

as

1994

Angel Dust

as

1984

The Crazy Family

as

1986

1/2 Man

as

1980

Crazy Thunder Road

as

1997

Labyrinth of Dreams

as

2003

Dead End Run

as

1995

August in the Water

as

2005

Mirrored Mind

as

1983

Asia Strikes Back

as

1981

Shuffle

as

2006

Your Order! The History of the Stalin

as

1989

The Master of Shiatsu

as

1978

Panic in High School

as

2012

Isn't Anyone Alive?

as

2013

Flower of Shanidar

as

2015

That's It

as

1977

Solitude of One Divided by 880,000

as

1978

Charge! Hooligans of Hakata

as

1993

Tokyo Blood

as

2016

Bitter Honey

as

2001

Skirt

as

2023

Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle

as

1976

Panic High School

as

2024

The Box Man

as

2018

Punk Samurai Slash Down

as

2023

Almost People

as

2004

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

as

2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

as

2005

A Day of the GOD Island

as

The Private Detective Mike

as

Neo Ultra Q

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