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Teruo Ishii (石井輝男, Ishii Teruo, January 1, 1924 – August 12, 2005) 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 ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of sexploitation such as Shogun's Joy of Torture ( 1968 ).
Profile. Name Teruo Ishii. Japanese: 石井輝男（いしい てるお) Birthdate: January 1, 1924 - August 12, 2005. Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan. Bio. Teruo Ishii was born on January 1st in 1924 in Tokyo. In 1961, he made a contract with Toei after the bankruptcy of his former contracting film company, Shin-Toho.
Teruo Ishii was born on 1 January 1924 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Gensen-Kan Inn (1993), Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture (1973) and The Great Villain's Strategy (1966). He died on 12 August 2005 in Tokyo, Japan.
More vital than most men half his age, eighty-year-old Teruo Ishii continues to make films that express their creator's colourful personality. Still best known for his series of Edo-era torture films from the late 1960s, Ishii has worked in a vast range of genres in the course of his six-decade long career.
Aug 12, 2005 · 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.
Tetsurô Tamba fights his way through the bloody opening credits in Teruo Ishii's 1973 "Bôhachi Bushidô: Code Of the Forgotten Eight".
Blind Beast vs. Dwarf (盲獣vs一寸法師, Mōjū tai Issunbōshi) aka Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Teruo Ishii in his final effort before his death, in 2005.
