Teruo Ishii
Director · 90 credits · 16 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Executioner (1974)
Frequent collaborators: Akira Miwa, Nagayoshi Akasaka
Directed movies (89 total, ranked by score)
61Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)
Thriller, Drama
62The Boss
1965 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Crime
63Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
1960 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Crime, Drama
64Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
1957 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)
Science Fiction, Action
65Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide
1961
Drama, Romance
66King of the Ring: The World of Glory
1957
Drama
67Eleven Gangsters
1963
Action, Crime
68Yakuza of the Present
1973
Crime, Drama
69The Yellow Climate
1961
Drama
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Secret Agent 101
1966
Crime
71Mist and Shadows
1961
Thriller, Drama
72Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy
1968 · ★ 4.9 (6 votes)
Drama
73Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite
1958
Science Fiction, Action
74Japanese Hell
1999 · ★ 4.2 (4 votes)
Horror
75Super Giant Continues
1957
Science Fiction, Action
76Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
1957
Science Fiction, Action
77Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity
1957
Science Fiction, Action
78An Outlaw
1964 · ★ 4.2 (6 votes)
Action, Crime
79Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
2001 · ★ 3.4 (14 votes)
Horror
80Invaders from Space
1965 · ★ 4.5 (10 votes)
Action, Science Fiction
81Atomic Rulers
1965 · ★ 4.6 (10 votes)
Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie
82Attack from Space
1965 · ★ 5.1 (19 votes)
Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie
83Prison Tales
1970
84Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 1
1971
Horror, TV Movie
85Mysterious Thirteen Nights Volume 2
1971
Horror, TV Movie
86The Runaway Season
1976
Crime
87Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
1971
Horror
88Hobo General
1976
89Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 2 - The Dish Mansion at Hell’s Banchô
1971
Horror
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.