Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 29, 1937
Died
Nov 29, 2006
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
65 titles
Akio Jissoji
Biography
Akio Jissoji was a Japanese television and film director best known outside Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy Mujō (無常), Mandala (曼陀羅), and Uta (哥). He was also known for his film adaptations of Japanese horror author Rampo Edogawa. Jissoji possessed a very distinctive visual style that was notable even in Japanese cinema which is known internationally for its visual style. Every project he directed, from children's action shows to the most disturbing adult films had an uncompromising approach to cinematic story telling. His episodes of the Ultraman TV shows are unique and quite unusual for children's television. His career is also unusual in that he went back and forth from children's television to film projects that were sexually provocative in some way or another. It is perhaps this aspect of his work that has prevented wider distribution of his films. Sadomasochistic and non-consensual sexual practices are featured in many of his film works with women receiving the brunt of the abuse. Another recurring theme was to pull the camera back and reveal the set his actors were working on.
Known For
Filmography
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
Writer
Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
Silver Mask
Director
The Rug Cop
Supervising Producer
Cross the Lens
Self
Summer of Ubume
Director
Ultraman Max
Director
Arthouse Ultraman
Director
Rampo Noir
Director
Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses
Self
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Director
Ultra Heroine Legend: From Anne to Seven
Self
Zombie Snake
Title Designer
Murder on D Street
Director
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
Producer
Ultraman Dyna
Director
Ultraman Tiga
Director
Tokyo Decameron
Original Story
A Watcher in the Attic
Director
Mizuki Mari: Honban rankô
Director
Seikan: Futomomo naburi
Screenplay
Dialogue
Director
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
Director
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
Production Supervisor
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Director
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Director
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
Creator
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Director
La Valse
Director
Arietta
Director
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Script Supervisor
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
Director
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Director
The Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachi
Director
Blue Lake Girl
Director
Tokyo Illusion
Director
Longing for Spring
Director
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Director
Twenty-Four Eyes
Director
Marital War in Kibogaoka
Original Story
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Director
Utamaro's World
Director
It Was a Faint Dream
Director