Shunya Ito

Shunya Ito (伊藤俊也 Itō Shun'ya) is a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori (Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, etc.) series of 1970s exploitation films based on Toru Shinohara's manga and starring Meiko Kaji. Ito worked for Toei Company for most of his career.

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Japan - Film director - 1970s - Exploitation films - Toru Shinohara - Manga - Meiko Kaji - Toei Company

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He won Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset, a story of an man suffering from Alzheimer's disease. This thus became Japan's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film instead of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, which caused a slight uproar in Western media as many critics thought Ran had a real chance of winning whereas Gray Sunset was not even shortlisted. (Galbraith)

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Japanese Academy Awards - 1985 - Gray Sunset - Alzheimer's disease - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - Akira Kurosawa - Ran

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His most recent films are the 1995 anime movie in the Lupin III series: ', and the 1998 World War II drama Pride: The Fateful Moment presenting a humane view of Hideki Tojo on trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

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1995 - Anime - Lupin III - 1998 - World War II - Hideki Tojo - International Military Tribunal for the Far East

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