Shunya Ito

1937 (89) • Directing

Born: 2/17/1937 (89) in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Known for: Directing

Shunya Ito

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.

Known For

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

71%

Director

1972

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

71%

Director

1972

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

68%

Director

1973

Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus

65%

Director

1995

Curse of the Dog God

56%

Director

1977

Abashiri Prison

72%

Assistant Director

1965

Gray Sunset

62%

Director

1985

Patience Has An End

59%

Screenplay

1971

Independence of Japan

Director

2020

Independence of Japan

Screenplay

2020

Independence of Japan

Writer

2020

Hajimari mo owari mo nai

Director

2013

Hajimari mo owari mo nai

Writer

2013

300 Million

55%

Director

2010

300 Million

55%

Screenplay

2010

What's a Director?

Director

2006

Pride

70%

Director

1998

Pride

70%

Screenplay

1998

Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of Onimaro

90%

Director

1995

Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus

65%

Director

1995

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

65%

Director

1989

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

65%

Writer

1989

Labyrinth Romanesque

50%

Director

1988

Gray Sunset

62%

Director

1985

White Snake Enchantment

56%

Director

1983

To Trap a Kidnapper

77%

Director

1982

Curse of the Dog God

56%

Director

1977

Curse of the Dog God

56%

Screenplay

1977

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

68%

Director

1973

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

71%

Director

1972

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

71%

Screenplay

1972

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

71%

Director

1972

Patience Has An End

59%

Screenplay

1971

The Private Police

75%

Assistant Director

1969

Parole

90%

Assistant Director

1967

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

70%

Assistant Director

1966