Director
Gakuryu Ishii
January 15, 1957 · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Gakuryu Ishii (石井 岳龍 Ishii Gakuryū, born January 15, 1957), formerly known as Sogo Ishii (石井 聰互 Ishii Sōgo), is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, have cited Ishii's films as an influence.
Often works with
Tadanobu Asano
6 titles together
Electric Dragon 80000V, Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle, Labyrinth of Dreams
Masatoshi Nagase
5 titles together
Electric Dragon 80000V, Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle, Dead End Run
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
4 titles together
Mirrored Mind, Punk Samurai Slash Down, The Box Man
Jun Kunimura
3 titles together
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle, Dead End Run, Punk Samurai Slash Down
Kou Machida
3 titles together
August in the Water, Burst City, Mirrored Mind
Masakatsu Funaki
2 titles together
Electric Dragon 80000V, Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Full filmography · 38
The Box Man
Writer and Director
2024
Almost People
Director
2023
Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle
cast and Director and Writer
2023
The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City
cast
2020
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Director
2018
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
cast
2015
Flower of Shanidar
Director
2013
Isn't Anyone Alive?
Director
2012
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011
Instant Swamp
as Shop Costumer / Nail Buyer
2009
Your Order! The History of the Stalin
Director
2006
What's a Director?
cast
2006