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The Best Gakuryu Ishii Directed Movies

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60

6.8

/2934/

70

/100/

68

/69/

3.8

/10082/

81

/137/

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.

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68

44

6.8

/1641/

68

/76/

66

/34/

3.9

/12596/

62

/19/

Every Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investigate Dr. Rei Aku's deprogramming of former sect members.

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73

37

7.1

/1267/

69

/42/

68

/27/

3.8

/3906/

85

/9/

Shortly after moving to the suburbs, the Kobayashis start to come undone. Convinced a family curse is at the root of their erratic behavior, the man of the house takes it upon himself to course-correct before it takes the last of their sanity.

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35

7.3

/1070/

73

/69/

68

/31/

4.1

/15333/

100

/1/

A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

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34

6.8

/657/

70

/46/

67

/20/

3.9

/18236/

An actress suffering from an identity crisis finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to a tropical paradise.

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34

7.3

/1161/

71

/33/

68

/26/

3.9

/5247/

74

/4/

Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer, who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.

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32

6.0

/1048/

62

/46/

61

/29/

3.4

/3936/

53

/11/

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.

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31

6.1

/943/

56

/18/

68

/40/

3.4

/373/

61

/37/

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he sets out to end their murderous terror.

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28

6.4

/715/

62

/24/

54

/18/

3.5

/2634/

80

/10/

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.

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7.0

/221/

65

/16/

74

/7/

3.7

/2821/

Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.

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23

7.7

/357/

70

/17/

70

/9/

4.0

/1451/

A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance in the ruins of an old ironworks which was scheduled for demolition; footage of same was incorporated into the movie and a brief appearance on stage.

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21

6.9

/325/

68

/8/

73

/13/

3.6

/1165/

Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run from police who would arrest him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi. At the same time, he wants revenge on the yakuza member Kimura who got her stuck in drugs. The entire film consists of a long hunting-scene.

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15

5.4

/239/

60

/12/

70

/5/

3.0

/1361/

A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a cardboard box placed over his head.

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14

6.4

/378/

72

/9/

65

/11/

3.5

/543/

55

/10/

A collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Sogo Ishii. Each short focuses on the protagonists running away from a threat.

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11

6.9

/227/

66

/6/

67

/7/

3.5

/623/

A high school student rallies his classmates into rebelling violently when the administration refuses to take responsibility for the suicide of one of the students.

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8

6.1

/154/

59

/12/

54

/10/

3.5

/320/

Samao Daikoku seeks a way out of the underground life that he has led. He is tortured by a gang boss after stealing a hard disk containing personal information on runaways, homeless people and prostitutes, and the mystery behind his past is revealed.

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80

/5/

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

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6.0

/25/

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/2/

70

/2/

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

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20

/1/

Promotional video for Chara's song "Skirt", directed by Sogo Ishii.

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10

/1/

Feature film, plot unknown

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10

/1/

Film plot unknown

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5.9

/13/

50

/2/

80

/1/

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

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6.2

/45/

50

/2/

55

/2/

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 Panic" after a stoppage by the production company. Awarded at the 1978 Pia FIlm Festival.

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6.9

/75/

40

/3/

60

/3/

3.5

/365/

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

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5.7

/222/

68

/8/

45

/4/

3.3

/391/

Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer seeking greatness. Things quickly get complicated for the odd couple, however, when the writer's deceased former student/lover enters the picture as a ghost and helps Akako realize her own desires, activating her agency and frustrating the one-sided male fantasy the writer is so keen to continue.

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5.9

/68/

55

/4/

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 drugs. Kenji Otaki works as a researcher at the facility where the Shanidar is grown.

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6.0

/261/

50

/12/

56

/9/

3.3

/605/

Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.

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5.2

/200/

66

/6/

60

/7/

3.3

/366/

46

/3/

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.

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6.6

/49/

25

/2/

80

/1/

A lonely man in Tokyo. Friendly gestures from strangers and sudden encounters with old friends are the only pillars available for the man about to slip into the abyss of absolute loneliness.

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6.8

/76/

47

/4/

63

/3/

3.5

/319/

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 happen with the woman ...

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5.1

/226/

20

/3/

38

/6/

3.1

/219/

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

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5.9

/83/

15

/2/

30

/1/

Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

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Gakuryu Ishii, who is a professor of film course at Kobe Institute of Technology, suddenly disappears after falling into a mad state driven by his own idea of "self-revolutionary movie struggle work". His assistant professor Takeda and assistant Tanimoto are perplexed by the "work text for inner consciousness revolution aimed at expanding the imagination and recognition of the individual and strengthening the will" that he left behind, but try to turn it into practice with the students. By practicing, the students get lost in a labyrinthine world of expanded imagination and expanded consciousness, just like in a film. At the same time, Takeda pursues the shadow of Ishii.

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Video collection of live performances by THE STALIN in Shinjuku during the 1980s indie era.

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Film plot unknown

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