Hisayasu Satô

Hisayasu Sato is a Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. He is known for his "sledgehammer" filmmaking style, and using his exploitation career to tackle serious subjects like obsession, alienation, perversion and voyeurism. He is famous for his "guerilla shooting technique" in which his actors appear on location in public and incorporate unknowing bystanders into the film. Hisayasu Sato’s often violent but highly visual works utilised a multitude of multimedia devices to reflect upon issues such as the power of the gaze, the dehumanising effects of technology and the loss of the individual’s sense of “self” that accompanied Japan’s period of economic boom in the late 80s.

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Lolita Vibrator Torture (1987)

High school student Kozue spreads flyers in search of her missing classmate. A psychopath lures her to his place, where he abducts and imprisons her. The psychopath rapes his victims with a vibrator, then poisons and photographs them dying. However, Kozue reacts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Sayaka Kimura  •  Rio Yanagawa  •  Takeshi Itō  •  Kiyomi Itō

High school student Kozue spreads flyers in search of her missing classmate. A psychopath lures her to his place, where he abducts and imprisons her. The psychopath rapes his victims with a vibrator, then poisons and photographs them dying. However, Kozue reacts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Sayaka Kimura  •  Rio Yanagawa  •  Takeshi Itō  •  Kiyomi Itō

Molester's Train: Dirty Behavior (1993)

A boy, abandoned by the whole family - torn apart by obsessions, perversions and problems of every kind-start looking at everything around him through the eye of the camera, so that nothing can seem flat and keep up hope. The meeting between these two lonely souls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Yumika Hayashi  •  Kôichi Imaizumi  •  Kiyomi Itō  •  Yuri Ishihara

A boy, abandoned by the whole family - torn apart by obsessions, perversions and problems of every kind-start looking at everything around him through the eye of the camera, so that nothing can seem flat and keep up hope. The meeting between these two lonely souls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Yumika Hayashi  •  Kôichi Imaizumi  •  Kiyomi Itō  •  Yuri Ishihara

Serial Rape: Perverted Experiment (1990)

Tired of the belligerence and bad manners of a female customer, two shop owners kidnap her and subject her to a series of sexual assaults and tortures with utensils from the shop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Rokuzô  •  Kiyomi Itō  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Sayoko Nakajima

Tired of the belligerence and bad manners of a female customer, two shop owners kidnap her and subject her to a series of sexual assaults and tortures with utensils from the shop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Rokuzô  •  Kiyomi Itō  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Sayoko Nakajima

Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano (2010)

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Tomori Abe  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Natsumi Kamata  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Tomori Abe  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Natsumi Kamata  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

Survey Map of a Paradise Lost (1988)

Reporter Nukada's next big assignment is the secret world of Japanese phone sex clubs. He gets in touch with Midori, a part-time employee at the Banana Club, but is startled to hear she's been implicated in the bloody death of a client with perverted tastes, Kihara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Toru Nakane  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Rio Yanagawa

Reporter Nukada's next big assignment is the secret world of Japanese phone sex clubs. He gets in touch with Midori, a part-time employee at the Banana Club, but is startled to hear she's been implicated in the bloody death of a client with perverted tastes, Kihara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Toru Nakane  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Rio Yanagawa

Widow's Perverted Hell (1991)

A married couple enjoy engaging in S&M sexual behavior, and the wife, Yuri, asserts, "The ultimate SM play is death." After her husband dies, supposedly accidentally, Yuri is left alone, grieving and self-destructive. Her mental state deteriorates as she watches ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Aya Midorikawa  •  Yutaka Ikejima  •  Kôichi Imaizumi

A married couple enjoy engaging in S&M sexual behavior, and the wife, Yuri, asserts, "The ultimate SM play is death." After her husband dies, supposedly accidentally, Yuri is left alone, grieving and self-destructive. Her mental state deteriorates as she watches ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Aya Midorikawa  •  Yutaka Ikejima  •  Kôichi Imaizumi

Horse, Woman, Dog (1990)

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Three social outcasts who live near the seaside interact with each other in increasingly disturbing ways. The trio of characters are a woman who has killed her sister, a man who enjoys necrophilia, and a female amnesiac. The first woman engages in sadistic pursuits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kanako Kishi  •  Takahiko Kobayashi  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Yuri Sasaski

Three social outcasts who live near the seaside interact with each other in increasingly disturbing ways. The trio of characters are a woman who has killed her sister, a man who enjoys necrophilia, and a female amnesiac. The first woman engages in sadistic pursuits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kanako Kishi  •  Takahiko Kobayashi  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Yuri Sasaski

Tokyo Elegy (1999)

This transnational production featuring a South African- born director, a Dutch leading man, and a Japanese cast and crew tells the story of a passionate love affair between a convict and a porn star, which is undone by greed and private ghosts. Escaping from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aryan Kaganof
CAST:  Hiroshi  •  Thom Hoffman  •  Mai Hoshino  •  Yoji Tanaka

This transnational production featuring a South African- born director, a Dutch leading man, and a Japanese cast and crew tells the story of a passionate love affair between a convict and a porn star, which is undone by greed and private ghosts. Escaping from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aryan Kaganof
CAST:  Hiroshi  •  Thom Hoffman  •  Mai Hoshino  •  Yoji Tanaka

Love − Zero = Infinity (1994)

Takeshi, an alienated young man spends his lonely days obsessively following total strangers. He is employed to observe the movements of a beautiful but disturbed doctor, whose behavior is causing concern. As Takeshi continues to track her, a bond begins to grow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Takeshi Itō  •  Satomi Shinozaki  •  Ryumei Homura

Takeshi, an alienated young man spends his lonely days obsessively following total strangers. He is employed to observe the movements of a beautiful but disturbed doctor, whose behavior is causing concern. As Takeshi continues to track her, a bond begins to grow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Takeshi Itō  •  Satomi Shinozaki  •  Ryumei Homura

Rampo Noir (2005)

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Kaneko  •  Hisayasu Satô  •  Suguru Takeuchi
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Yuko Daike  •  Hanae Kan  •  Kaiji Moriyama

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Kaneko  •  Hisayasu Satô  •  Suguru Takeuchi
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Yuko Daike  •  Hanae Kan  •  Kaiji Moriyama

Rafureshia (1995)

Cult director Hisayasu Sato explores the sexual exploits of several women through the adventures of a young girl, who's fled her sexually abusive father, and an unhappy housewife. Looking for a fresh start, the women find each other, steal a bag of money and try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Yumi Yoshiyuki  •  Kôichi Imaizumi  •  Kiyomi Itō  •  Kinako

Cult director Hisayasu Sato explores the sexual exploits of several women through the adventures of a young girl, who's fled her sexually abusive father, and an unhappy housewife. Looking for a fresh start, the women find each other, steal a bag of money and try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Yumi Yoshiyuki  •  Kôichi Imaizumi  •  Kiyomi Itō  •  Kinako

Splatter: Naked Blood (1996)

A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Misa Aika  •  Yumika Hayashi  •  Mika Kirihara  •  Sadawo Abe

A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Misa Aika  •  Yumika Hayashi  •  Mika Kirihara  •  Sadawo Abe

Hana-Dama (2014)

Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by her classmate. Nevertheless, she is always able to maintain her composure. Kirie, who is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Tomori Abe  •  Shun Asada  •  Kei Fujiwara  •  Daisuke Iijima

Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by her classmate. Nevertheless, she is always able to maintain her composure. Kirie, who is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Tomori Abe  •  Shun Asada  •  Kei Fujiwara  •  Daisuke Iijima

Turtle Vision (1991)

A deranged woman gouges out the eyes of the strangers she has sex with. She was once filmed being brutally raped on the roof of her school and is still trying to cope with the trauma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Rei Takagi  •  Naomi Sugishita  •  Miki Fukada  •  Taketoshi Watari

A deranged woman gouges out the eyes of the strangers she has sex with. She was once filmed being brutally raped on the roof of her school and is still trying to cope with the trauma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Rei Takagi  •  Naomi Sugishita  •  Miki Fukada  •  Taketoshi Watari

The Eye's Dream (2016)

Maya is a photographer. She takes photos related to the eyeball. Kunio is a neurosurgeon and an independent documentary film director. He is interested on making a documentary about Maya. A mysterious eyeball collector watches for Maya's own eyeballs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Yohta Kawase  •  Rina Sakuragi  •  Panta  •  Marissa

Maya is a photographer. She takes photos related to the eyeball. Kunio is a neurosurgeon and an independent documentary film director. He is interested on making a documentary about Maya. A mysterious eyeball collector watches for Maya's own eyeballs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Yohta Kawase  •  Rina Sakuragi  •  Panta  •  Marissa

Hana-Dama: Phantom (2016)

“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Shima Onishi  •  Iori  •  Yohta Kawase  •  Sakurako Kaoru

“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Shima Onishi  •  Iori  •  Yohta Kawase  •  Sakurako Kaoru

Hunters' Sense of Touch (1995)

Heartbreaking

A police detective investigating a vicious string of homosexual murders discovers that the latest victim appears to be the married executive who was his college lover ten years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Naoto Yoshimoto  •  Takeshi Itō  •  Yoji Tanaka  •  Kiyomi Itō

A police detective investigating a vicious string of homosexual murders discovers that the latest victim appears to be the married executive who was his college lover ten years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Naoto Yoshimoto  •  Takeshi Itō  •  Yoji Tanaka  •  Kiyomi Itō

Autumn (2016)

Mamoru Miyamoto is a book editor and his friend Masao Muraoka is a writer. Muraoka hasn't released a novel since "Aki no Riyuu." Masao has suffered from mental health issues and, because of this, his voice fails. The two men talk through written notes. It seems ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Fukuma
CAST:  Ito Yozaburo  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Shuri

Mamoru Miyamoto is a book editor and his friend Masao Muraoka is a writer. Muraoka hasn't released a novel since "Aki no Riyuu." Masao has suffered from mental health issues and, because of this, his voice fails. The two men talk through written notes. It seems ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Fukuma
CAST:  Ito Yozaburo  •  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Shuri

Cute Devil (2018)

A man who's having an affair with one of his employees gets his penis cut off by the womans husband while she's watching. This case is big news and a man who claim to be a journalist begin to follow and talking to the wife, convinced that she's a completely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Nana Nanaumi  •  Takashi Hagino  •  Tatsumi Shiga  •  Yusuke Sugiyama

A man who's having an affair with one of his employees gets his penis cut off by the womans husband while she's watching. This case is big news and a man who claim to be a journalist begin to follow and talking to the wife, convinced that she's a completely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Nana Nanaumi  •  Takashi Hagino  •  Tatsumi Shiga  •  Yusuke Sugiyama

Distorted Sense of Touch (1985)

One of legendary "pink" director Hisayasu Sato's first of over 50 examinations of love and sex among the dregs of society, this downbeat picture deals with a sleazy rapist (Taketoshi Watari) who starts a doomed romance with a sullen teenage reject.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Saeko Fuji  •  Naomi Hagio  •  Tsuya Himekawa  •  Kiyomi Itō

One of legendary "pink" director Hisayasu Sato's first of over 50 examinations of love and sex among the dregs of society, this downbeat picture deals with a sleazy rapist (Taketoshi Watari) who starts a doomed romance with a sullen teenage reject.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Saeko Fuji  •  Naomi Hagio  •  Tsuya Himekawa  •  Kiyomi Itō
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