Akio Jissoji
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.
ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生
(Director)
Rampo Noir
(Director)
Utamaro's World
(Director)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
(Director)
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
(Director)
This Transient Life
(Director)
Poem
(Director)
Mandala
(Director)
Ten Nights of Dreams
(Director)
Murder on D Street
(Director)
It Was a Faint Dream
(Director)
When Twilight Draws Near
(Director)
Arietta
(Director)
The Men Who Made Ultraman
(Script Supervisor)
Summer of Ubume
(Director)
The Rug Cop
(Supervising Producer)
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
(Director)
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
(Production Supervisor)
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
(Screenplay)
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
(Production Supervisor)
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
(Producer)
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
(Producer)
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
(Producer)
The Men Who Made Ultraman
(Story)
La Valse
(Director)
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
(Director)
A Watcher in the Attic
(Director)
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
(Director)
Tokyo Decameron
(Writer)
Die Silbermaske
(Executive Producer)
Die Silbermaske
(Director)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
(Producer)
Blue Lake Girl
(Director)
Lanterns on Blue Waters
(Director)
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
(Director)
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
(Director)
Zombie Snake
(Title Designer)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
(Creator)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
(Creator)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
(Creator)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
(Creator)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
(Creator)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
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Dialogue
(Director)
Dialogue
(Screenplay)
Dialogue
(Editor)
Arietta
(Screenplay)
Marital War in Kibogaoka
(Original Story)
Twenty-Four Eyes
(Director)
La Valse
(Writer)
The Birth of Ultraman
(Director)
The Father of Ultra Q
(Director)
Arthouse Ultraman
(Director)
Ultraman
(Director)
Return of Ultraman
(Writer)
Ultraman Tiga
(Director)
Ultraman Dyna
(Director)
Ultraseven
(Director)
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
(Director)
Ultraman Max
(Director)
Silver Kamen
(Director)
Operation: Mystery
(Director)
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
(Writer)
Silver Kamen
(Creator)