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Director and screenwriter, Shunya Itō is a Japanese film director known for starting the Sasori / Female Prisoner Scorpion series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji.
He won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset,[2] a story of a man suffering from Alzheimer's disease. This thus became Japan's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film instead of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, which caused a slight uproar in Western media as many critics thought Ran had a real chance of winning whereas Gray Sunset was not even shortlisted. (Galbraith)
The above information is sourced from the Shunya Itō Wikipedia page.
7 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus | Director | Film |
| 1983 | White Snake Enchantment | Director | Film |
| 1982 | To Trap a Kidnapper | Director | Film |
| 1977 | Curse of the Dog God | Director | Film |
| 1973 | Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion | Director | Film |
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