Director
Akio Jissoji
1937Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan34 Films8 TV Episodes
Akio Jissoji was a Japanese television and film director best known outside Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy Mujō (無常), Mandala (曼陀羅), and Uta (哥). He was also known for his film adaptations of Japanese horror author Rampo Edogawa. Jissoji possessed a very distinctive visual style that was notable even in Japanese cinema which is known internationally for its visual style.
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6.4
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007
3.0
Silver Mask
2006
7.3
Summer of Ubume
2005
Arthouse Ultraman
2005
5.6
Rampo Noir
2005
7.2
Murder on D Street
1998
4.3
A Watcher in the Attic
1994
2.7
Dialogue
1992
6.0
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
1992
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
1992
6.0
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992
7.5
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
1990
2.8
La Valse
1990
3.0
Arietta
1989
4.1
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
1988
6.2
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
6.5
Blue Lake Girl
1986
Tokyo Illusion
1986
Longing for Spring
1984
5.2
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980
8.2
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
1979
5.0
Utamaro's World
1977
5.3
It Was a Faint Dream
1974
6.7
Poem
1972
5.8
Mandala
1971
7.3
This Transient Life
1970
I Want to Buy Kyoto
1969
The Accursed Urns
1969
6.4
When Twilight Draws Near
1969
Horror Telephone
1968
Lullaby of Death
1968
6.0
The Birth of Ultraman
1966
The Father of Ultra Q
1966Television
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