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Born February 17, 1937 · Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
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,[2] 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.

Independence of Japan
2020

Hajimari mo owari mo nai
2013

300 Million
2010

What's a Director?
2006

Pride
1998

Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus
1995

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape
1989

Labyrinth Romanesque
1988

Gray Sunset
1985

White Snake Enchantment
1983

To Trap a Kidnapper
1982

Curse of the Dog God
1977

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
1973

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
1972

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972