Biography
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.
Filmography
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Independence of Japan
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Independence of Japan
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2020
Independence of Japan
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2020
Hajimari mo owari mo nai
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
Hajimari mo owari mo nai
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2013
300 Million
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
300 Million
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2010
What's a Director?
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Pride
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1998
Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1989
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1989
Labyrinth Romanesque
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1988
Gray Sunset
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
White Snake Enchantment
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
To Trap a Kidnapper
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
Curse of the Dog God
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Curse of the Dog God
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1977
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972