Akio Jissoji
Directing
1937-03-29 · 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 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.
Filmography
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
2007 · Series
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Movie
Silver Mask
2006 · Movie
The Rug Cop
2006 · Movie
Cross the Lens
2006 · Movie
Summer of Ubume
2005 · Movie
Ultraman Max
2005 · Series
Arthouse Ultraman
2005 · Movie
Rampo Noir
2005 · Movie
Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses
2005 · Movie
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
2004 · Series
Ultra Heroine Legend: From Anne to Seven
2004 · Movie
Zombie Snake
2000 · Movie
Murder on D Street
1998 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
1997 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
1997 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
1997 · Movie
Ultraman Dyna
1997 · Series
Ultraman Tiga
1996 · Series
Tokyo Decameron
1996 · Movie
A Watcher in the Attic
1994 · Movie
Mizuki Mari: Honban rankô
1993 · Movie
Seikan: Futomomo naburi
1993 · Movie
Dialogue
1992 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
1992 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
1992 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
1992 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992 · Movie
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
1991 · Movie
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991 · Movie
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
1991 · Movie
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
1991 · Movie
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
1991 · Movie
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
1991 · Movie
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
1990 · Movie
La Valse
1990 · Movie
Arietta
1989 · Movie
The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989 · Movie
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
1988 · Movie
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Movie
The Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachi
1987 · Movie
Blue Lake Girl
1986 · Movie
Tokyo Illusion
1986 · Movie
Longing for Spring
1984 · Movie
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983 · Movie
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980 · Movie
Marital War in Kibogaoka
1979 · Movie
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
1979 · Movie
Utamaro's World
1977 · Movie
It Was a Faint Dream
1974 · Movie
Poem
1972 · Movie
Silver Kamen
1971 · Series
Mandala
1971 · Movie
Return of Ultraman
1971 · Series
This Transient Life
1970 · Movie
I Want to Buy Kyoto
1969 · Movie
The Accursed Urns
1969 · Movie
When Twilight Draws Near
1969 · Movie
Operation: Mystery
1968 · Series
Horror Telephone
1968 · Movie
Lullaby of Death
1968 · Movie
Ultraseven
1967 · Series
Ultraman
1966 · Series
The Birth of Ultraman
1966 · Movie
The Father of Ultra Q
1966 · Movie