Portrait of Takashi Ishii

Directing

Takashi Ishii

Career

Active from 1979 to 2026, with a break from 2016 to 2025, busiest in 1985 and 1988 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gonin
Gonin
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takashi Ishii Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    0.8, average 3.4
  • Historical
    0.2, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Psychological Trauma 4
  • Bleak 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Rape-Revenge 3
  • Yakuza 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Exploitation 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Yakuza Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Ame no etranger
Ame no etranger (2026)

Screenplay, Comic Book

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 55
Gonin Saga
Gonin Saga (2015)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay, Director

Sweet Whip
Sweet Whip (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Producer

Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend
Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay, Idea

A Night in Nude: Salvation
A Night in Nude: Salvation (2010)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 54
The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
The Brutal Hopelessness of Love (2007)

Screenplay, Writer

Flower & Snake II
Flower & Snake II (2005)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

Behind Flower and Snake II
Behind Flower and Snake II (2005)

Director

Flower & Snake
Flower & Snake (2004)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay, Director

Behind Flower and Snake
Behind Flower and Snake (2003)

Director, Screenplay

TOKYO G.P.
TOKYO G.P. (2001)

Director, Screenplay

Freeze Me
Freeze Me (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer, Producer

1990s

12 titles ยท average score 66
Black Angel 2
Black Angel 2 (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

Idea, Story

Black Angel
Black Angel (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Producer

Gonin 2
Gonin 2 (1996)
GoodWatch score 72

Story, Writer

Gonin
Gonin (1995)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

Killing Angel Muhan
Killing Angel Muhan (1995)

Original Story

Alone in the Night
Alone in the Night (1994)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

Angel Guts: Red Flash
Angel Guts: Red Flash (1994)

Screenplay, Director

A Night in Nude
A Night in Nude (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

The Brutal Insanity of Love
The Brutal Insanity of Love (1993)

Writer

Original Sin
Original Sin (1992)

Director, Screenplay

Orchids Under the Moon
Orchids Under the Moon (1991)

Story, Director

Goddamn!!
Goddamn!! (1991)

Screenplay, Comic Book

1980s

12 titles ยท average score 54
Evil Dead Trap
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo (1988)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer, Director

Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past (1988)

Screenplay

Akai nawa: Hateru made
Akai nawa: Hateru made (1987)

Screenplay, Comic Book

Saya: Perspective in Love
Saya: Perspective in Love (1986)

Screenplay

Love Hotel
Love Hotel (1985)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay

Muhan
Muhan (1985)

Screenplay, Original Story

Scent of a Spell
Scent of a Spell (1985)

Screenplay

Rouge
Rouge (1984)

Original Story, Screenplay

Rope Sisters: Strange Fruit
Rope Sisters: Strange Fruit (1984)

Comic Book, Screenplay

The Girl and the Wooden Horse Torture
The Girl and the Wooden Horse Torture (1982)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer

Angel Guts: Red Porno
Angel Guts: Red Porno (1981)
GoodWatch score 56

Comic Book, Screenplay

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 55
Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Angel Guts: Red Classroom (1979)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay, Original Concept

Angel Guts: Nami
Angel Guts: Nami (1979)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Concept, Graphic Novel Illustrator

Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed
Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed (1978)
GoodWatch score 47

Comic Book