Akio Jissoji

Directing·Mar 29, 1937·Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
Ten Nights of Dreams2007 · Director	Director
Silver Mask2006 · Director	Director
Cross the Lens2006 · Self	Self
Summer of Ubume2005 · Director	Director
Arthouse Ultraman2005 · Director	Director
Rampo Noir2005 · Director	Director
Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses2005 · Self	Self
Ultra Heroine Legend: From Anne to Seven2004 · Self	Self
Murder on D Street1998 · Director	Director
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 11997 · Producer	Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 21997 · Producer	Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 31997 · Producer	Producer
A Watcher in the Attic1994 · Director	Director
MMizuki Mari: Honban rankô1993 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
SSeikan: Futomomo naburi1993 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Dialogue1992 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse1992 · Director	Director
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 11992 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown1992 · Director	Director
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars1990 · Director	Director
La Valse1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Arietta1989 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice1988 · Director	Director
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TThe Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachi1987 · Director	Director
Blue Lake Girl1986 · Director	Director
Tokyo Illusion1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Longing for Spring1984 · Director	Director
Lanterns on Blue Waters1983 · Director	Director
Twenty-Four Eyes1980 · Director	Director
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman1979 · Director	Director
Utamaro's World1977 · Director	Director
It Was a Faint Dream1974 · Director	Director
Poem1972 · Director	Director
Mandala1971 · Director	Director
This Transient Life1970 · Director	Director
I Want to Buy Kyoto1969 · Director	Director
The Accursed Urns1969 · Director	Director
When Twilight Draws Near1969 · Director	Director
Horror Telephone1968 · Director	Director
Lullaby of Death1968 · Director	Director
The Birth of Ultraman1966 · Director	Director
The Father of Ultra Q1966 · Director	Director