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Akio Jissoji
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 B…
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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.
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2007
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
TV show Writer
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2007
Ten Nights of Dreams
Movie Director
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2006
Silver Mask
Movie Director
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2006
The Rug Cop
Movie Supervising Producer
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2006
Cross the Lens
Movie Self
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2005
Summer of Ubume
Movie Director
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2005
Ultraman Max
TV show Director
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2005
Arthouse Ultraman
Movie Director
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2005
Rampo Noir
Movie Director
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2005
Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses
Movie Self
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2004
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
TV show Director
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2004
Ultra Heroine Legend: From Anne to Seven
Movie Self
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2000
Zombie Snake
Movie Title Designer
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1998
Murder on D Street
Movie Director
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1997
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
Movie Producer
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1997
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
Movie Producer
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1997
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
Movie Producer
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1997
Ultraman Dyna
TV show Director
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1996
Ultraman Tiga
TV show Director
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1996
Tokyo Decameron
Movie Original Story
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1994
A Watcher in the Attic
Movie Director
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1993
Mizuki Mari: Honban rankô
Movie Director
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1993
Seikan: Futomomo naburi
Movie Screenplay
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1992
Dialogue
Movie Director
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1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
Movie Director
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1992
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
Movie Production Supervisor
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1992
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Movie Director
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1992
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Movie Director
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1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
Movie Creator
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1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Movie Creator
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1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
Movie Creator
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1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
Movie Creator
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1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
Movie Creator
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1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
Movie Creator
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1990
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Movie Director
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1990
La Valse
Movie Director
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1989
Arietta
Movie Director
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1989
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Movie Script Supervisor
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1988
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
Movie Director
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1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie Director
