Shunya Ito
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Feb 17, 1937 · Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Active 1965–present · Awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon
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.
Filmography
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) — DirectorFemale Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) — Director · ScreenplayFemale Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) — DirectorLupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) — DirectorParole (1967) — Assistant DirectorPrison Walls of Abashiri 4 (1965) — Assistant DirectorThe Bullet and the Horse (1966) — Assistant DirectorDemon Blade: The Assassin Katana of Onimaro (1995) — DirectorAbashiri Prison (1965) — Assistant DirectorTo Trap a Kidnapper (1982) — DirectorThe Private Police (1969) — Assistant DirectorGray Sunset (1985) — DirectorPride (1998) — Director · ScreenplayCurse of the Dog God (1977) — Director · Screenplay300 Million (2010) — Director · ScreenplayAbashiri Prison: Duel in the South (1966) — Assistant DirectorPatience Has An End (1971) — ScreenplayMisty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989) — Writer · DirectorWhite Snake Enchantment (1983) — DirectorLabyrinth Romanesque (1988) — DirectorWhat's a Director? (2006) — DirectorIndependence of Japan (2020) — Director · Screenplay · WriterHajimari mo owari mo nai (2013) — Director · Writer