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is a Japanese film director famed for starting the ''Sasori'' (''Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion'', etc.) series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji. Itō worked for Toei Company for most of his career. He won a Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Citation for his first film, ''Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion'', in 1972. He won Best Picture 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) In 1995 he directed ''Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus''. In 1998 he directed the World War II drama ''Pride: The Fateful Moment'' presenting a humane view of Hideki Tōjō on trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. ==Selected filmography== * ''Female Convict 701: Scorpion'' (1972) (女囚７０１号 さそり) * ''Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41'' (1972) (女囚さそり 第４１雑居房) * ''Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable'' (1973) (女囚さそり けもの部屋) * ''Inugami no tatari'' (1977) (犬神の悪霊) * ''To Trap a Kidnapper'' (1982) (誘拐報道) * ''Hakujasho'' (1983) (白蛇抄) * ''Gray Sunset'' (1985) (花いちもんめ) * ''Labyrinth of Flower Garden'' (1988) (花園の迷宮) * ''Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus'' (1995) (ルパン三世 くたばれ！ノストラダムス) * ''Pride: The Fateful Moment'' (1998) (プライド 運命の瞬間) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shunya Itō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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