Best movies of Teruo Ishii

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

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison.

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 : Kôji Tsuruta, Hideo Kô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Mizuhara did his time in jail for Boss Komori. Now that he is out, the old gang wants to say welcome back with a bullet.

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 : Harumi Sone, Takashi Hio, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yôko Mihara,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who was aiming to do the same thing so they decide to work together.

Actors : Hiroko Ôgi, Tôru Abe, Tatsuya Fuji, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

One of popular singing star Hiroko Ôgi two sword-wielding yakuza series for Nikkatsu.

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 : Tsunehiko Watase, Teruo Yoshida, Yoshiko Fujita, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Ryûji Oki, Yoshiko Sakuma, Chiezô Kataoka, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Per aging chanbara star Katoaka's involvement, this leans more to the old-fashioned gangster film style/formula spilling over from Toei's 1950s heyday.