Shunya Ito

Director

Born: February 17, 1937 (age 89)
From: Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Director and screenwriter, Shunya Itō is a Japanese film director known for starting the Sasori / Female Prisoner Scorpion series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji. He won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset,[2] a story of a man suffering from Alzheimer's disease. This thus became Japan's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign…

Filmography (16)

Independence of Japan (2020)
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Hajimari mo owari mo nai (2013)
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300 Million (2010)
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What's a Director? (2006)
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Pride (1998)
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Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of Onimaro (1995)
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Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
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Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)
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Labyrinth Romanesque (1988)
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Gray Sunset (1985)
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White Snake Enchantment (1983)
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To Trap a Kidnapper (1982)
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Curse of the Dog God (1977)
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
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