Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 15, 1957
Place of Birth
Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Credits
52 titles
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
Filmography
The Box Man
Writer
Almost People
Director
Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle
The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City
Future Imaginations
Producer
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Director
Bitter Honey
Editor
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
That's It
Director
Flower of Shanidar
Director
Neo Ultra Q
Director
Isn't Anyone Alive?
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
Instant Swamp
Shop Costumer / Nail Buyer
Your Order! The History of the Stalin
Director
What's a Director?
Humoresque
Mirrored Mind
Writer
A Day of the GOD Island
Director
Jeonju Digital Project 2004
Writer
Dead End Run
Director
The Private Detective Mike
Director
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Director
Electric Dragon 80000V
Director
Labyrinth of Dreams
Director
Lonely Planet
Editor
August in the Water
Director
Angel Dust
Director
Tokyo Blood
Director
Wild Side
General Manager
Kitakoto no aru hajimete no michi
General Manager
Korosiya Ami
General Manager
March Comes In Like a Lion
Ramen Deliveryman
The Master of Shiatsu
Director
Private 8mm Film Live Diary 81-86
Director
1/2 Man
Director
The Crazy Family
Director
Never Mind a Little Rain
Himself
Asia Strikes Back
Director
Burst City
Director
Norikoto-Toriaezu no Taiwa No. 1
Director
Shuffle
Director
MOMENT
Crazy Thunder Road
Director
Tokyo Cabbageman K
Director of Photography
Kami no ochite kita hi
Action Director
Run
Director
Rusty Empty Can
Director of Photography
Panic in High School
Director
Charge! Hooligans of Hakata
Director