Shunya Ito
Directing · Born 1937-02-17 · Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
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.
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Independence of Japan 2020
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Hajimari mo owari mo nai 2013
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300 Million 2010
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What's a Director? 2006
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Pride 1998
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Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus 1995
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Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape 1989
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Labyrinth Romanesque 1988
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Gray Sunset 1985
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White Snake Enchantment 1983
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To Trap a Kidnapper 1982
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Curse of the Dog God 1977
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable 1973
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 1972
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion 1972
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