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Sogo Ishii Biography (1957-)

Born January 15, 1957, in Hakata, Japan.

Nationality

Japanese

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, writer

Birth Details

January 15, 1957

Hakata, Japan

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Totsugeki! Hakata Gurentai (also known as Charge! Hooligans ofHakata), 1978
• Koko dai panikku (also known as Panic in High School and Koko Dai Panic), 1978
• Hachijyu-hachi-man bun no ichi no kodoku (also known as Solitude of One Divided by 880,000), 1978
• Kuruizaki sanda rodo (also known as Crazy Thunder Road andKuruizaki Thunder Road), Video Search of Miami, 1980
• Shuffle, 1981
• Bakuretsu toshi (also known as Burst City), 1982
• Ajia no gyakushu (also known as Asia Strikes Back), 1983
• Gyakufunsha kazoku (also known as The Crazy Family), New Yorker, 1984
• 1/2 Mensch (also known as 1/2 Man, Halber Mensch, and Hanbun ningen; documentary), 1986
• Shiatsu oja (also known as The Master of Shiatsu), 1989
• Private 8mm Film Live Diary 81-86, 1989
• (And editor, with Hiroshi Matsuo) Enjeru dasuto (also known as Angel Dust), 1994
• Mizu no naka no hachigatsu (also known as August in the Water), 1995
• Yume no ginga (also known as Labyrinth of Dreams), Video Search of Miami, 1997
• Gojo reisen ki (also known as Gojoe), 2000
• Television Director
• J-Movie Wars, 1992
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Shuffle, 1981
• Gyakufunsha kazoku (also known as The Crazy Family), New Yorker, 1984
• 1/2 Mensch (also known as 1/2 Man, Halber Mensch, and Hanbun ningen; documentary), 1986
• (With Yorozu Ikuta) Enjeru dasuto (also known as Angel Dust), 1994
• Mizu no naka no hachigatsu (also known as August in the Water), 1995
• Yume no ginga (also known as Labyrinth of Dreams; based ona novel by Kyusaku Yumeno), Video Search of Miami, 1997
• Gojo reisen ki (also known as Gojoe), 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Daily Yomiuri, February 27, 1997, p. 9.