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Hisayasu Satō

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🎂 August 15, 1959 · 67📍 Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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 o…

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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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Hisayasu Satō's Filmography

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Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 3
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Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 3

2026

as Self

Revenge in S&M: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
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Revenge in S&M: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato

2026

as Self

Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
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Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato

2026

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Lord, Have Mercy: An Interview With Hisayasu Sato
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Lord, Have Mercy: An Interview With Hisayasu Sato

2026

as Self

Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura
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Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura

2026

as Self

Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
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Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2

2026

as Self

I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
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I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato

2026

as Self

Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
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Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato

2026

as Self

Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 1
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Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 1

2025
Autumn
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Autumn

2016
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
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Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

2015
Cross the Lens
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Cross the Lens

2006

as Self

Tokyo Elegy
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Tokyo Elegy

1999⭐ 3.6

as Detective

I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
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I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE

1996⭐ 2.0
Birthday
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Birthday

1993⭐ 5.7

as Man drinking sake

Cruising Love Story
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Cruising Love Story

1991⭐ 2.0

as Man in gay couple

Groper Train: Start at the Back
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Groper Train: Start at the Back

1987⭐ 2.0

as Cameraman

Groper Train: Final Stop
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Groper Train: Final Stop

1986⭐ 2.0

as Man groping school girl

Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
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Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun

1985⭐ 4.0
Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
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Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken

1985⭐ 2.0
Pink Physical Examination
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Pink Physical Examination

1985⭐ 4.0
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
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Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment

1984⭐ 4.3
Hometown Porn Girl 18! Seeding Festival
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Hometown Porn Girl 18! Seeding Festival

1984⭐ 2.0
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No Poster

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Delivery Wife: Get Wet!

1984⭐ 2.0
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Crying Rope, Missing Black Hair

1983⭐ 2.0
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Young Wife Assault Pervert

1982⭐ 2.0
In The Sea of Trees
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In The Sea of Trees

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