Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
January 1, 1924
Died
August 12, 2005 (age 81)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
石井 輝男
いしい てるお
Teruo Ishii
Biography
Teruo Ishii was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the Super Giant series, and for his films in the Ero guro subgenre of pinku eiga such as Shogun's Joy of Torture. He also directed the 1965 film, Abashiri Prison, which helped to make Ken Takakura a major star in Japan.
