Best movies of Teruo Ishii

Actors : Kemi Ichiboshi, Yukie Kagawa, Mari Iwai, Masako Arisawa,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A tragic love story involving the 5th Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.

Actors : Teruo Yoshida, Mie Hanabusa, Yukie Kagawa, Masumi Tachibana,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A look at the lives of a troupe of geishas working in a small seaside resort town. For the most part, their lives consist of greeting boatloads of oversexed businessmen and providing bawdy ...

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshiko Fujita, Teruo Yoshida, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A companion piece to another Ishii directed picture from 1970, also starring Watase, Yoshida and Sato called PRISONERS' BACK LIST.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A former police captain recruits a group of deadly murderers to remove the corrupt and mafia Yakuza . Their first task is to intercept a briefcase from a band that trafficked drugs.

Actors : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison.

Actors : Teruo Yoshida, Mako Sanjô, Yôko Mihara, Shigeru Amachi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A criminal drama told in a semi-documentary fashion. The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women.

Actors : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

One of maverick director Ishii's best pictures.

Actors : Tôru Abe, Hashizô Ôkawa, Chiezô Kataoka, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A new prisoner arrives at a prison where the prisoners have their own obscene culture. There he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault.

Actors : Kunie Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Hiroko Sakuramachi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Shin'Ichi returns home to visit his mother's grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. His old boss, Asahi, was attacked after Shin'Ichi left and was forced to give up a lot of of his power.

Actors : Yôko Mihara, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Jun Tazaki,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A strange episode with Takakura involved with horse-breeders and, at one point, getting revenge on at the guy who killed his Shetland pony.

Actors : Teruo Yoshida, Michiko Ai, Masumi Tachibana, Toyozô Yamamoto,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A collection of stories dealing with punishment towards women.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him.

Actors : Kôichi Iwaki, Masami Kuwajima, Yutaka Nakajima, Yumi Takigawa,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Teruo Ishii's West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It's the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide.