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Shunya Ito

Director, WriterBorn February 17, 1937 (87 years)
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
  • Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
  • Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
  • Curse of the God Dog
  • Puraido: Unmei no toki
  • White Snake Enchantment
  • Labyrinth Romanesque
  • Gray Sunset
  • Gorotsuki mushuku
  • Independence of Japan
  • Lost Crime

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