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