Movies: Gakuryu Ishii

When Ken, the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo, falls in love with a barmaid, he quickly loses his rebellious ideals. The rest of the gang feels betrayed, especially the reputedly troubled kid Jin who revolts against his former friend...

Four dramas about brothers and sisters, each of whom lacks a certain emotion....

A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that flower is called the "Shanidar". When the Shanidar is in full bloom, the flower produces a substance which is then sold at a high cost to develop new drug...

Future Imaginations is a special animated PV released to celebrate the launch of the "Reiwa Novel Award" held by LINE Novel in collaboration with Nippon Television and Aniplex...

Known for his striking visuals and outlandish subject matter, maverick director Sogo Ishii is considered to be the master of Japanese punk cinema. In ‘Attack!’, biker gangs meet the Japanese punk scene. Continuation of the filming of "High School Pan...

In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life....

A young man wakes up one morning to find that his head has transformed into a large cabbage. He quickly becomes a source of bemusement, desire and hostility to all those around him....

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, originally aired 16 June 2015....

At an isolated location training camp for soldiers with supernatural powers makes a man revolt, causing a war to break out among the soldiers....

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association...

A high school student has a mental breakdown and brings a gun to class. A standoff against the police ensues....

The encounter and parting of a man and woman in Hokkaido...

Amy and Sonny are two girls with contrasting personalities. Their "secret hideout" is an antique shop. One day, Amy falls in love at first sight with an older man named 'J'...

Ami, a girl who works as a flower arranger, also works as a professional assassin...

A swindler returns to her hideout at night and finds a stranger....

Pocky, an upbeat high-schooler, is told she will die in three days by a psychic whose predictions always come true. Along the way, she talks about boyfriends with her two friends, meets a strange boy with heart disease, and regularly bumps into a ser...

An elderly man and a young woman is in a bar where they tenderly begin to touch each other's hands. Soon they find themselves in a room where the woman has shiatsu massage of the man, putting her in ecstasy. The next morning, something starts to happ...

Promo film by Sogo ishii...

A collection of gorgeous footage of Balinese landscapes shot with reckless abandon, set to a gamelan soundtrack....

Matsui's debut film, "Rusty Empty Can" (1979), was photographed by Sogo Ishii; nonetheless the film turned out to be a serious and emotionally painful one unlike Ishii's speedy roller-coaster movies. The film which depicts a homosexual relationship w...