Shunya Ito
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing22
movieIndependence of Japan
2020
Director
movie300 Million
2010
Director
movieWhat's a Director?
2006
Director
moviePride
1998
Director
movieLabyrinth Romanesque
1988
Director
movieGray Sunset
1985
Director
movieWhite Snake Enchantment
1983
Director
movieTo Trap a Kidnapper
1982
Director
movieCurse of the Dog God
1977
Director
movieThe Private Police
1969
Assistant Director
movieParole
1967
Assistant Director
movieAbashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
Assistant Director
movieThe Bullet and the Horse
1966
Assistant Director
moviePrison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
Assistant Director
movieAbashiri Prison
1965
Assistant Director
Writing8
movieIndependence of Japan
2020
Screenplay, Writer
movie300 Million
2010
Screenplay
moviePride
1998
Screenplay
movieCurse of the Dog God
1977
Screenplay
moviePatience Has An End
1971
Screenplay