Directing
Akio Jissoji
1937-03-29 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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. Every project he directed, from children's action shows to the most disturbing adult films had an uncompromising approach to cinematic story telling. His episodes of the Ultraman TV shows are unique and quite unusual for children's television. His career is also unusual in that he went back and forth from children's television to film projects that were sexually provocative in some way or another. It is perhaps this aspect of his work that has prevented wider distribution of his films. Sadomasochistic and non-consensual sexual practices are featured in many of his film works with women receiving the brunt of the abuse. Another recurring theme was to pull the camera back and reveal the set his actors were working on.
Known for
Ultraman Tiga
Ultraseven
Ultraman
This Transient Life
Rampo Noir
Mandala
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Poem
Ultraman Dyna
Return of Ultraman
Ten Nights of Dreams
Summer of Ubume
Ultraman Max
A Watcher in the Attic
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
Utamaro's World
Movie credits · 55
Ten Nights of Dreams
Silver Mask
The Rug Cop
Cross the Lens
Summer of Ubume
Arthouse Ultraman
Rampo Noir
Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses
Ultra Heroine Legend: From Anne to Seven
Zombie Snake
Murder on D Street
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
Tokyo Decameron
A Watcher in the Attic
Mizuki Mari: Honban rankô
Seikan: Futomomo naburi
Dialogue
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
La Valse
Arietta
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
The Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachi
Blue Lake Girl
Tokyo Illusion
Longing for Spring
Lanterns on Blue Waters
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