Shunya Ito

Shunya Ito

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1937-02-17 (87 years old)

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Biography

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.


He won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1985 with his film Gray Sunset, a story of a 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)


The above information is sourced from the Shunya Itō Wikipedia page.

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Average 5.22
Based on 12.1 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1967
1977
1988
1995
2020
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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1937-02-17 (87 years old)

Birth Place
Japan, Japan

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
Shunya Itô, 伊藤 俊也, Shunya Itō, Shun'ya Itô

Awards
Medal with Purple Ribbon


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