Gakuryu Ishii Movies

  • 1982
    Burst City

    Burst City

    Burst City

    6.11982HD

    Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese...

    Burst City
  • 1995
    August in the Water

    August in the Water

    August in the Water

    6.81995HD

    A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

    August in the Water
  • 2001
    Electric Dragon 80.000 V

    Electric Dragon 80.000 V

    Electric Dragon 80.000 V

    6.92001HD

    A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.

    Electric Dragon 80.000 V
  • 2001
    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

    6.7822001HD

    Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and...

    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
  • 1994
    Angel Dust

    Angel Dust

    Angel Dust

    6.81994HD

    A police psychologist suspects her former lover of serial murders on the Tokyo subway.

    Angel Dust
  • 1984
    The Crazy Family

    The Crazy Family

    The Crazy Family

    6.61984HD

    The Kobayashi family finally are able to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment to the suburban house of their dreams. But things are not as...

    The Crazy Family
  • 2018
    Punk Samurai Slash Down

    Punk Samurai Slash Down

    Punk Samurai Slash Down

    5.32018HD

    Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by...

    Punk Samurai Slash Down
  • 1991
    March Comes in Like a Lion

    March Comes in Like a Lion

    March Comes in Like a Lion

    6.71991HD

    The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister,...

    March Comes in Like a Lion
  • 2005
    Mirrored Mind

    Mirrored Mind

    Mirrored Mind

    6.42005HD

    An actress suffering from an identity crisis finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to a tropical paradise.

    Mirrored Mind
  • 1997
    Labyrinth of Dreams

    Labyrinth of Dreams

    Labyrinth of Dreams

    6.91997HD

    Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer, who killed his female conductors...

    Labyrinth of Dreams
  • 1978
    Panic in High School

    Panic in High School

    Panic in High School

    6.71978HD

    A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on cramming...

    Panic in High School
  • 1980
    Crazy Thunder Road

    Crazy Thunder Road

    Crazy Thunder Road

    5.51980HD

    When Ken, the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo, falls in love with a barmaid, he quickly loses his rebellious ideals. The rest of the...

    Crazy Thunder Road
  • 2003
    Dead End Run

    Dead End Run

    Dead End Run

    6.52003HD

    Three short films with the theme of death and dead ends in common.

    Dead End Run
  • 2016
    Bitter Honey

    Bitter Honey

    Bitter Honey

    4.52016HD

    Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and...

    Bitter Honey
  • 2024
    The Box Man

    The Box Man

    The Box Man

    02024HD

    A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a cardboard box placed over his...

    The Box Man
  • 2023
    Almost People

    Almost People

    Almost People

    82023HD

    Four dramas about brothers and sisters, each of whom lacks a certain emotion.

    Almost People
  • 1996
    Lonely Planet

    Lonely Planet

    Lonely Planet

    01996HD

    A swindler returns to her hideout at night and finds a stranger.

    Lonely Planet
  • 1993
    Tokyo Blood

    Tokyo Blood

    Tokyo Blood

    7.21993HD

    Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.

    Tokyo Blood
  • 1981
    Shuffle

    Shuffle

    Shuffle

    7.31981HD

    Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run from police who would arrest him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi. At the same time, he wants revenge on the...

    Shuffle
  • 2004
    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004

    32004HD

    Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

    Jeonju Digital Project 2004