Gakuryu ISHII 石井岳龍
五条霊戦記
Nippon Retro ²
For his first period film, ISHII reinvents not only Japan's most quintessential genre, but also one of the country's most beloved legends. In this roaring swordplay saga, the ancient tale of the duel between the noble swordsman Yoshitsune and the warrior monk Benkei on Kyoto's Gojo Bridge receives an overhaul of epic proportion. The sumptuous, off-beat and powerful GOJOE is an obvious precursor to Takashi MIIKE's later samurai spectacle 13 ASSASSINS.
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About Gakuryu ISHII
石井岳龍
Gakuryu (Sogo) ISHII was born in Fukuoka in 1957. His dystopian punk rock musical BURST CITY (1982) made him one of the precursors of the Japanese cyberpunk movement of the 1980s. Since then he has worked with renowned Japanese actors and international punk bands on numerous short and feature films. NIPPON CONNECTION dedicated a retrospective to his work in 2013.