Akio Jissoji
Directing · Born 1937-03-29 · age 69 at death · 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.
Titles
Ultraseven
Ultraman Tiga
Ultraman
This Transient Life
Rampo Noir
Mandala
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Poem
Ultraman Dyna
Return of Ultraman
Ten Nights of Dreams
Summer of Ubume
Utamaro's World
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
A Watcher in the Attic
Ultraman Max
It Was a Faint Dream
The Rug Cop
Operation: Mystery
Murder on D Street
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
When Twilight Draws Near
La Valse
Marital War in Kibogaoka
Arietta
Blue Lake Girl
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Tokyo Decameron
Dialogue
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Silver Kamen
The Men Who Made Ultraman
Silver Mask
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
The Birth of Ultraman
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
Zombie Snake
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
Twenty-Four Eyes
The Father of Ultra Q
Arthouse Ultraman
Longing for Spring
Tokyo Illusion
I Want to Buy Kyoto
The Accursed Urns
Lullaby of Death
Horror Telephone