About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1937-02-17
Place of birth:
Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Shunya Ito

Overview

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

Directing
2020 Independence of Japan Directing Director N/A
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2013 Hajimari mo owari mo nai Directing Director N/A
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2010 300 Million Directing Director 59
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2006 What's a Director? Directing Director N/A
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1998 Pride Directing Director 58
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1995 Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus Directing Director 59
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1989 Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape Directing Director N/A
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1988 Labyrinth Romanesque Directing Director 59
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1985 Gray Sunset Directing Director 59
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1983 White Snake Enchantment Directing Director 59
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1982 To Trap a Kidnapper Directing Director 59
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1977 Curse of the Dog God Directing Director 58
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1973 Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable Directing Director 60
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1972 Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 Directing Director 60
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1972 Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion Directing Director 61
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1967 Parole Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
2020 Independence of Japan Writing Screenplay N/A
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2013 Hajimari mo owari mo nai Writing Writer N/A
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2010 300 Million Writing Screenplay 59
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1989 Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape Writing Writer N/A
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1977 Curse of the Dog God Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1972 Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 Writing Screenplay 60
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1971 Patience Has An End Writing Screenplay 59
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