Yasutake Torii
Yasutake Torii (鳥居康剛; born March 28, 1985) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. Born in France, he studied in Germany and Canada before graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2009. After returning to Japan, he worked under horror filmmaker Kotaro Terauchi and made his feature directorial debut with Hitori Kakurenbo: The Movie – Real Urban Legend (2012).
Torii is best known for directing and shooting the Japanese horror films Death Forest 3 (2015) and Death Forest 4 (2016), based on the video game DeathForest: Escape from the Forest. His other directing credits include The Urban Legend of Sugisawa Village (2014), Hanako vs. Yosuke (2016), Parasite War (2017), and Tales of the Undeparted (2021). He has also worked extensively in cinematography, editing, and visual effects.
Movies (19)
Share-Kowa: Urban Legends That Will Scare You to Death
2025 · Director
Tales of the Undeparted
2021 · Director
The Samejima Incident
2020 · Editor
Gekijō-ban: Hontō ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2019 Fuyu no Tokubetsu-hen
2019 · Director
Ghost Story Teacher Ayako Yamaguchi's Erotic Scary Story
2019 · Director
Parasite War
2018 · Director
Gekijō-ban: Hontō ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2017
2017 · Director
Kuchisake-onna vs. Mary-san
2017 · Cinematography, Editor, Special Effects
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
2016 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Hanako of the Toilet: Hanako vs Yosuke
2016 · Director
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 4
2016 · Director, Cinematography
Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 3
2015 · Director, Writer
Halloween Nightmare
2015 · Director of Photography
Eyes
2015 · Editor
UMA Expeditionary party report
2014 · Director, Writer
The Urban Legend of Sugisawa Village
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Cinematography
有村架純「熱量」
2013 · Director
Cursed World
2013 · Director, Writer
Hitori Kakurenbo: The Movie - Real Urban Legend
2012 · Director
