Director: Ishii, Gakuryû - Selection
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.
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- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsTatsuo YamadaMasamitsu OhikeKôji NanjôWhen the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly troubled kid Ken revolts against his former friend.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsTakanori JinnaiShinya OheYuto IsetaPunk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsKatsuya KobayashiMitsuko BaishôYoshiki ArizonoAfter moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsKaho MinamiTakeshi WakamatsuEtsushi ToyokawaEvery Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who Setsuko used to date. As she get closer to the solution, she gets more and more convinced that Aku's deprogramming of former sectmembers is important.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsRena KomineShinsuke AokiReiko MatsuoA teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsRena KomineTadanobu AsanoKotomi KyônoBus conductor Tomiko falls in love with driver Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being a serial killer who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsYoshiki ArizonoTadanobu AsanoMasakatsu FunakiA violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsMiwako IchikawaYuki InomataKou MachidaRenowned cyber-punk director Gakuryû Ishii strays from his roots, entering the realm of the subconscious with Mirrored Mind, a composed, contemplative and also a very personal film. Guiding us along with an actress who suffers an identity crisis when all at once she finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to a tropical paradise, director Ishii poses philosophical questions about the origins of our soul. A visually stunning ode to the need for a spiritual and tranquil life. Mirrored Mind is the feature length version of the short by the same name, which was made as part of the Jeonju International Film Festival initiated Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2004 (2004).
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsEri AokiKôta FudauchiKeisuke HasebeFrom cult director Gakuryû Ishii, the apocalyptic story begins largely around a college campus and beyond where everyone is suffering horrible deaths in the most unusual and gruesome ways imaginable. Then more people die. Then people the dead came across die too. Is there an explanation for the deaths and what does it all portend?
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsFumi NikaidôRen ÔsugiSeiko IwaidôBased on novelist Muro Saisei's 1959 book, Bitter Honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. He is visited by a thin and attractive girl in red who becomes a catalyst for romance. The girl has to vie with competition for the artist's attention, however, as other women work in the wings. Bitter Honey's story is coloured by gorgeous photography as it explores sex, love, life and immortality.