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.
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Films (55)
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Director
Silver Mask
2006 · Executive Producer, Director
The Rug Cop
2006 · Supervising Producer
Cross the Lens
2006 · Self
Summer of Ubume
2005 · Director
Arthouse Ultraman
2005 · Director
Rampo Noir
2005 · Director
Ultra Heroine Legend: Contest of Goddesses
2005 · Self
Ultra Heroine Legend: From Anne to Seven
2004 · Self
Zombie Snake
2000 · Title Designer
Murder on D Street
1998 · Director
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 1
1997 · Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 3
1997 · Producer
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
1997 · Producer
Tokyo Decameron
1996 · Original Story
A Watcher in the Attic
1994 · Director
Mizuki Mari: Honban rankô
1993 · Director, Screenplay
Seikan: Futomomo naburi
1993 · Screenplay
Dialogue
1992 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
1992 · Director
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
1992 · Production Supervisor
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
1992 · Director, Screenplay, Production Supervisor
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992 · Director
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki
1991 · Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991 · Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ki no Maki
1991 · Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: !! no Maki
1991 · Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Sen no Maki
1991 · Creator
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Ichi no Maki
1991 · Creator
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
1990 · Director
La Valse
1990 · Director, Writer
Arietta
1989 · Director, Screenplay
The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989 · Script Supervisor, Story
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
1988 · Director
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Director, Producer
The Rapeman: Nerawareta Onna-tachi
1987 · Director
Blue Lake Girl
1986 · Director
Tokyo Illusion
1986 · Director, Screenplay
Longing for Spring
1984 · Director
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983 · Director
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980 · Director
Marital War in Kibogaoka
1979 · Original Story
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
1979 · Director
Utamaro's World
1977 · Director
It Was a Faint Dream
1974 · Director
Poem
1972 · Director
Mandala
1971 · Director
This Transient Life
1970 · Director
I Want to Buy Kyoto
1969 · Director
The Accursed Urns
1969 · Director
When Twilight Draws Near
1969 · Director
Horror Telephone
1968 · Director
Lullaby of Death
1968 · Director
The Birth of Ultraman
1966 · Director
The Father of Ultra Q
1966 · Director
Séries (10)
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
2007 · Writer
Ultraman Max
2005 · Director
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
2004 · Director
Ultraman Dyna
1997 · Director
Ultraman Tiga
1996 · Director
Silver Kamen
1971 · Director, Creator
Return of Ultraman
1971 · Writer
Operation: Mystery
1968 · Director
Ultraseven
1967 · Director, Writer
Ultraman
1966 · Director