Hisayasu Satō
Directing • Born 1959-08-15
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.
Filmography
25 credits
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
Movie • 1996
Cross the Lens
Movie • 2006
Self
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Movie • 2015
In The Sea of Trees
Movie
Tokyo Elegy
Movie • 1999
Detective
Autumn
Movie • 2016
Groper Train: Final Stop
Movie • 1986
Man groping school girl
Crying Rope, Missing Black Hair
Movie • 1983
Hometown Porn Girl 18! Seeding Festival
Movie • 1984
Young Wife Assault Pervert
Movie • 1982
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
Movie • 1984
Delivery Wife: Get Wet!
Movie • 1984
Pink Physical Examination
Movie • 1985
Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
Movie • 1985
Chikan densha: Iyarashii kôi
Movie • 1993
Man drinking sake
Groper Train: Start at the Back
Movie • 1987
Cameraman
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
Movie • 1985
Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Movie • 2026
Self
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
Movie • 2026
Self
Cruising Love Story
Movie • 1991
Man in gay couple
Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura
Movie • 2026
Self
I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Movie • 2026
Self
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 3
Movie • 2026
Self
Revenge in S&M: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Movie • 2026
Self
Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Movie • 2026
Self