Hisayasu Satō
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
1996
Cross the Lens
as Self
2006
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
In The Sea of Trees
TBA
Tokyo Elegy
as Detective
1999
Autumn
2016
Groper Train: Final Stop
as Man groping school girl
1986
Crying Rope, Missing Black Hair
1983
Hometown Porn Girl 18! Seeding Festival
1984
Young Wife Assault Pervert
1982
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
1984
Delivery Wife: Get Wet!
1984
Pink Physical Examination
1985
Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
1985
Chikan densha: Iyarashii kôi
as Man drinking sake
1993
Groper Train: Start at the Back
as Cameraman
1987
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
1985
Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
as Self
2026
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
as Self
2026
Cruising Love Story
as Man in gay couple
1991