Akio Jissoji
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing45
movieTen Nights of Dreams
2007
Director
movieSilver Mask
2006
Director
movieSummer of Ubume
2005
Director
movieArthouse Ultraman
2005
Director
tvUltraman Max
2005
Director
movieRampo Noir
2005
Director
tvUltra Q: Dark Fantasy
2004
Director
movieMurder on D Street
1998
Director
tvUltraman Dyna
1997
Director
tvUltraman Tiga
1996
Director
movieA Watcher in the Attic
1994
Director
movieDialogue
1992
Director
movieLa Valse
1990
Director
movieArietta
1989
Director
movieThe Men Who Made Ultraman
1989
Script Supervisor
movieBlue Lake Girl
1986
Director
movieTokyo Illusion
1986
Director
movieLonging for Spring
1984
Director
movieLanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Director
movieTwenty-Four Eyes
1980
Director
movieAkio Jissoji's Ultraman
1979
Director
movieUtamaro's World
1977
Director
movieIt Was a Faint Dream
1974
Director
moviePoem
1972
Director
tvSilver Kamen
1971
Director
movieMandala
1971
Director
movieThis Transient Life
1970
Director
movieI Want to Buy Kyoto
1969
Director
movieThe Accursed Urns
1969
Director
tvOperation: Mystery
1968
Director
movieHorror Telephone
1968
Director
movieLullaby of Death
1968
Director
tvUltraseven
1967
Director
tvUltraman
1966
Director
movieThe Birth of Ultraman
1966
Director
movieThe Father of Ultra Q
1966
Director
Writing13
movieTokyo Decameron
1996
Original Story
movieDialogue
1992
Screenplay
movieAkio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
1992
Screenplay
movieLa Valse
1990
Writer
movieArietta
1989
Screenplay
movieTokyo Illusion
1986
Screenplay
movieMarital War in Kibogaoka
1979
Original Story
tvReturn of Ultraman
1971
Writer
tvUltraseven
1967
Writer
Production8
movieSilver Mask
2006
Executive Producer
movieThe Rug Cop
2006
Supervising Producer
movieAkio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
1992
Production Supervisor
movieAkio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
1992
Production Supervisor
Crew6
Acting3
Art1
movieZombie Snake
2000
Title Designer
Creator1
tvSilver Kamen
1971
Creator
Editing1
movieDialogue
1992
Editor