Best movies of Gakuryû Ishii

Actors : Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Daisuke Ryû, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

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 ...

Actors : Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshiki Arizono, Yûki Kudô,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by...

Actors : Etsushi Toyokawa, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Ryoko Takizawa, Kaho Minami,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who ...

Actors : Kou Machida, Shigeru Izumiya, Michirô Endô, Takanori Jinnai,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Punk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting.

Actors : Tomoka Kurotani, Rena Komine, Kotomi Kyôno, Tadanobu Asano,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Bus conductor Tomiko falls in love with driver Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being a serial killer who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Mikako Ichikawa, Yûsuke Iseya, Urara Awata,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Dead End Run is de eerste film van Ishii sinds het overweldigende Electric Dragon 80.000 V (vertoond op het festival in 2001), waar sommige argelozen nog altijd met verbaasde oren aan ...

Actors : Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Nenji Kobayashi, Kôji Nanjô,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly...

Actors : Rena Komine, Reiko Matsuo, Masaaki Takarai, Shinsuke Aoki,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

Actors : Kou Machida, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Yuki Inomata,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Renowned cyber-punk director ISHII Sogo strays from his roots, entering the realm of the subconscious with Mirrored Mind, a composed, contemplative and also a very personal film. Guiding us...