Shunya Ito

Shunya Ito

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.

  • Title: Shunya Ito
  • Popularity: 2.549
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1937-02-17
  • Place of Birth: Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Shunya Itô, 伊藤 俊也, Shunya Itō, Shun'ya Itô
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Shunya Ito Movies

  • 1995
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    Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus

    Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus

    6.6 1995 HD

    A simple diamond heist leads Lupin into the machinations of a bizarre cult based around the prophecies of Nostradamus. They kidnap Julia, the...

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  • 1973
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    Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

    Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

    6.8 1973 HD

    Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep...

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  • 1972
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    Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

    Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

    7.2 1972 HD

    After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and...

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  • 1972
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    Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    7 1972 HD

    After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s...

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  • 1977
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    Curse of the Dog God

    Curse of the Dog God

    6 1977 HD

    A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by...

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  • 1977
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    Curse of the Dog God

    Curse of the Dog God

    6 1977 HD

    A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by...

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  • 2006
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    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    1 2006 HD

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

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  • 2010
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    300 Million

    300 Million

    7 2010 HD

    Katagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is about to retire, to investigate a murder that took...

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  • 2020
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    Independence of Japan

    Independence of Japan

    1 2020 HD

    A group image drama set at the end of the war depicting the unknown struggle of Japanese people who faced the difficult issues.

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  • 1985
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    Gray Sunset

    Gray Sunset

    6.1 1985 HD

    Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his...

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  • 1982
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    To Trap a Kidnapper

    To Trap a Kidnapper

    6 1982 HD

    Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.

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  • 1983
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    White Snake Enchantment

    White Snake Enchantment

    6.5 1983 HD

    Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and...

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  • 1988
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    Labyrinth Romanesque

    Labyrinth Romanesque

    5.3 1988 HD

    A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

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  • 2020
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    Independence of Japan

    Independence of Japan

    1 2020 HD

    A group image drama set at the end of the war depicting the unknown struggle of Japanese people who faced the difficult issues.

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  • 1998
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    Pride

    Pride

    5 1998 HD

    Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who...

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  • 1989
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    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

    1 1989 HD

    Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send...

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  • 1989
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    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

    1 1989 HD

    Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send...

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  • 1971
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    Patience Has An End

    Patience Has An End

    5.7 1971 HD

    Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

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  • 2013
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    Hajimari mo owari mo nai

    Hajimari mo owari mo nai

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Hajimari mo owari mo nai

    Hajimari mo owari mo nai

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    300 Million

    300 Million

    7 2010 HD

    Katagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is about to retire, to investigate a murder that took...

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  • 1967
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    Parole

    Parole

    1 1967 HD

    Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

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  • 1972
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    Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

    Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

    7.2 1972 HD

    After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and...

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