is a Japanese

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. After working for a publishing company, he joined Toei in 1970. He studied under

Shunya Itō is a Japanese film director known for starting the ''Sasori'' / ''Female Prisoner Scorpion'' series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji. Itō worked for Toei Company for most of his career. In 1972, he won a Directors Guild of Japa ...

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, and

Junya Sato was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son, , is also a film director. Career Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature. He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assis ...

, and was also involved in labor union activities. In 1983, he made his directorial debut with ''

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''. Kajima won the award for Best Director at the 9th

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for ''

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''.

Filmography

* ''

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'', also known as ''Kaettekita onna hissatsu ken'' (帰って来た女必殺拳) (1975) (assistant director) * ''

'', also known as ''Akujo kamakiri'' (悪女かまきり) (1983) * ''

'', also known as ''Paper Lantern'' (ちょうちん) (1987) * '' Kizu'', also known as ''Scar'' or ''Scarface'' (疵) (1988) * ''

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'', also known as ''Hotaru'' or ''Ver Luisant'' (螢) (1989) * '' Fûsen'', also known as ''Balloon'' (1990) (screenplay only) * '' Ryakudatsu ai'', also known as ''Stealing Love'' or ''The Plunderer'' (略奪愛) (1991) * '' The Anthropology of a Fight Scene'', also known as ''Shuraba no ningengaku'' or ''Humanity in the Battlefield'' (修羅場の人間学) (1993) * '' Lifetime Insecurity'', also known as ''Shudan-sasen'' or ''Everyone's Demoted'' (集団左遷) (1994) * '' Firefly 2: Red Scar'' (螢II 赤い傷痕) (1995) * '' Kizu: Blood Apocalypse'', also known as ''Scar: Blood Apocalypse'' (疵（きず）血の黙示録) (1998) * '' Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 2'', also known as ''Scar: Blood Apocalypse 2'' (疵（きず）血の黙示録2) (1998) * '' Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 3'', also known as ''Scar: Blood Apocalypse 3'' (疵（きず）血の黙示録3) (1998) * '' Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 4'', also known as ''Scar: Blood Apocalypse 4'' (疵（きず）血の黙示録4) (1998) * '' Kunoichi Financial Road'' (九ノ一金融道) (1999) * '' Osamu's Morning'' (オサムの朝) (1999) * '' Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 5'', also known as ''Scar: Blood Apocalypse 5'' (疵（きず）5 血の黙示録) (2000) * ''

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'' (TV series) (2002) * ''True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules'', also known as ''Jitsuroku Andô-gumi gaiden: Garô no okite'' (2002) * '' Odd Detective 1'' (TV movie) (2003) * ''

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'', also known as ''Pureigâru'' (プレイガール映画) (2003) – Feature film remake of the TV series of the same name * '' Shibuya Story'', also known as ''Shibuya monogatari'' (渋谷物語) (2005) * '' Shinbun Kisha Tsurumaki Goro 1'', also known as ''The Journalist Goro Tsurumaki 1'' (TV miniseries, 4 episodes) (2006) * ''Lay Judges: Chosen and Discovered'' (2007) – Documentary about the lay judge system in Japan * ''Danzetsu'' (TV movie) (2009) * ''Tokudane maruhi kisha! Kamon Kohei no Satsujin Shuzai'' (TV movie) (2009) * '' Okashina Keiji 8'' (TV movie) (2011) * ''Okashina Keiji 9'' (TV movie) (2012) * ''Senjô Parser Himuro Natsuko: Gôka ferry satsujin jiken'' (TV movie) (2012) * ''Okashina Keiji 10'' (TV movie) (2013) * ''Odd Detective 14'' (TV movie) (おかしな刑事14) (2016) * ''Odd Detective 15'' (TV movie) (おかしな刑事15) (2017) * ''Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho'' (

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TV series, 1 episode) (2018)

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* 1944 births Living people Japanese film directors People from Ibaraki Prefecture {{Japan-film-director-stub