Teruo Ishii

Japanese: 石井輝男 - いしいてるお
Teruo Ishii
Film director. Born in Tokyo. After dropping out of Waseda Jitsugyo, he joined Toho in 1942. In 1947, he helped found Shintoho, and after working as assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his directorial debut with King of the Ring: The Glorious World (1957). He directed modern and sharp entertainment action films such as Japan's first superhero film Super Giants (1957) and the erotic thriller White Line Secret Zone (1958). After Shintoho went bankrupt, he moved to Toei, where he started a boom in yakuza films with Showa Kyoukakuden (1963) and directed the Abashiri Bangaichi (1965) series, which made Takakura Ken a star. He was active on television in the 1980s, but from the 1990s he released films such as Tsuge Yoshiharu World: Master of Gensenkan (1993) and Screw Type (1996).

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Japanese:
映画監督。東京生れ。早稲田実業中退後,1942年東宝入社。1947年新東宝設立に参加し,助監督・脚本家をへて《リングの王者・栄光の世界》(1957年)で監督デビュー。日本初のヒーロー映画《鋼鉄の巨人(スーパー・ジャイアンツ)》(1957年)や,エロティック・スリラー《白線秘密地帯》(1958年)など,モダンで切れ味のよい娯楽活劇を手がける。新東宝倒産後は東映に移り,《昭和侠客伝》(1963年)で任侠映画ブームを起こし,高倉健をスターにした《網走番外地》(1965年)シリーズなどを監督。1980年代はテレビで活動していたが,1990年代から《つげ義春ワールド ゲンセンカン主人》(1993年),《ねじ式》(1996年)などの映画を発表した。

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