
Shunya Ito
Born February 17, 1937 in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (age 89)
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.
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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)
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Directed 9
LearningPride1998
Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus1995
LearningMisty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape1989
LearningGray Sunset1985
LearningWhite Snake Enchantment1983
LearningTo Trap a Kidnapper1982
LearningFemale Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable1973
LearningFemale Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 411972
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion1972
