1/2 Mensch

Sogo Ishii

Ishii Sogo (Fukuoka, 1957) directed his first 8mm feature film when he was twenty-one. Nikkatsu bought the rights to it, but kept its 35mm remake out of distribution. Ishii continued his career as an independent action-film director who often attracted the attention of the large Japanese movie studios. In 1985 he made Gyakufunsha kazoku, which won first prize at the Salsomaggiore Film Festival and was distributed in numerous European countries. His latest film will be based on a Abe Kobo novel.Koukou dai panic (Panic in High School, 8mm, 1978), Kuruizaki Thunder Road (Crazy Thunder Road, 1980), Shuffle (cm, 1981), Bakuretsu Toshi (Burst City, 1982), Gyafukunsha kazoku (Crazy Family, 1984), 1/2 Mensch (Half Man-Neubauten, mm, 1986), Shiatsu Ohja (The Master of Shiatsu, cm, 1989), Angel Dust (1994), Mizunonaka no hachigatsu (August in the Water, 1995), Yumeno ginga (1997).