Shunya Ito
Director, Writer
February 17, 1937 (89 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.
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
Filmography
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| 1972 |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | Lost Crime · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | Pride · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1977 | Curse of the God Dog · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Gorotsuki mushuku · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | Little Big Heart · as Original Story |
| 2014 | Is There a Vet in the House? · as Teleplay |
| 2009 | Hancho · as Teleplay |
| 1999 | Women of the Onsen · as Teleplay |
| 1995 | Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus · as Script |
| 1984 | Sherlock Hound · as Episode Writer |
| 1969 | The Private Police · as Assistant Director |
| 1967 | Chôeki jûhachi-nen: Kari shutsugoku · as Assistant Director |
| 1966 | Abashiri bangaichi: Nangoku no taiketsu · as Assistant Director |
| 1966 | Abashiri bangaichi: Kôya no taiketsu · as Assistant Director |
| 1965 | Abashiri bangaichi: Hokkai hen · as Assistant Director |
| 1965 | Abashiri Prison · as Assistant Director |