Director
Gakuryu Ishii
69 years · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan · 43 films
Gakuryu Ishii (石井 岳龍 Ishii Gakuryū, born January 15, 1957), formerly known as Sogo Ishii (石井 聰互 Ishii Sōgo), is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylistic punk films, which helped spark the cyberpunk movement in Japan. A number of contemporary filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, have cited Ishii's films as an influence.
Best known for
Filmography 43
The Box Man
2024 · Writer, Director
On Philo
Almost People
2023 · Director
Self-Revolutionary Cinematic Struggle
2023 · Actor, Director
The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City
2020 · Actor
Future Imaginations
2019 · Producer
Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018 · Director
Bitter Honey
2016 · Editor, Director
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015 · Actor
That's It
2015 · Director
Flower of Shanidar
2013 · Director, Editor
Isn't Anyone Alive?
2012 · Director, Editor
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
Instant Swamp
2009 · Shop Costumer / Nail Buyer
Your Order! The History of the Stalin
2006 · Director
What's a Director?
2006 · Actor
Humoresque
2006 · Actor
Mirrored Mind
2005 · Writer, Director
A Day of the GOD Island
2005 · Director, Screenplay
Jeonju Digital Project 2004
2004 · Writer, Cinematography
Dead End Run
2003 · Director, Editor
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001 · Director, Screenplay
Electric Dragon 80000V
2001 · Writer, Director
On Philo
Labyrinth of Dreams
1997 · Director, Writer
Lonely Planet
1996 · Editor