Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
167
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-01-01
Day of Death
2005-08-12 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, 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.
