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Looking for reviews of films directed by Akio Jissoji? Cinafilm has a total of 1 reviews across 1 movies directed by Akio Jissoji.
Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 53%.
Rampo Noir is Akio Jissoji's highest rated movie, with a score of 53% based on 1 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Akio Jissoji is Rampo Noir, with a score of 53% based on 1 reviews.
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. Most of his work is not available outside Japan or with English subtitles.
Akio Jissoji has directed films starring Yumi Yoshiyuki, Tadanobu Asano, Minori Terada and Nao Omori.
Akio Jissoji has collaborated with these film directors: Hisayasu Satō, Atsushi Kaneko and Suguru Takeuchi.
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