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.
Directed 89
2020s
- 2023
2010s
- 2018
Cute Devil
Director
- 2016
The Eye's Dream
Director
Hana-Dama: Phantom
Director
- 2014
Hana-Dama
Director
- 2010
Tokyo Stray Girls
Director
2000s
- 2006
Shisei: The Tattooer
Director
- 2005
Rampo Noir
Director
- 2003
Unacceptable Married Love Affair Special
Director
W bakunyū sūpāsōpu
Director
Bācharu ☆ sōpu
Director
- 2002
Sensual Forest Beauty
Director
- 2001
Price of a Married Woman: Perfume of Desires
Director
1990s
- 1998
The Fetist
Director
Soft Skin
Director
- 1996
Night of Body's Model
Director
Meet Me in the Dream: Wonderland
Director
- 1995
Hunters' Sense of Touch
Director
- 1994
Abnormal Hunting: Mourning Slave V
Director
Love − Zero = Infinity
Director
Wakaoku-sama: Futomono-biraki
Director
Chikan to nozoki: fujin-ka byôtô
Director
Hitozuma hentai biyoshitsu
Director
Megyaku to haji tai takano hitomi
Director
- 1993
Birthday
Director
Angel in the Dark
Director
Kaikan onanie: Niizuma-hen
Director
Kyrie Eleison
Director
Negation
Director
- 1992
An Aria on Gazes
Director
Hitozuma gômon: Sandan-zeme
Director
Honban: Vibe sekkan
Director
- 1991
Umagoya no reijô
Director
Niizuma kahanshin: Washizukami
Director
Turtle Vision
Director
Look Into Me
Director
Just an Illusion
Director
Silencer Made of Glass
Director
- 1990
Seifuku nusumi-dori-ma: Gekisha naburu
Director
Supesharu ressun: Hentai sei-kyôiku
Director
OL renzoku rape: Kyonyû musaboru
Director
Interlocking Locks
Director
Uma to onna to inu
Director
Ki*Ra*Ra
Director
Hanra honban: Joshidaisei bôkô-hen
Director
1980s
- 1989
Bijin reporter: Boko nama-chukei
Director
Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta
Director
Bondage Ecstasy
Director
Shimai renzoku reipu: Eguru!
Director
Muscle
Director
- 1988
Brain Sex
Director
Crowded Commuter Train Mass Groping
First Assistant Director
Wakamono kari
Assistant Director
Re-Wind
Director
Survey Map of a Paradise Lost
Director
- 1987
Temptation of the Mask
Director
Lustmord
Director
Groper Train: Start at the Back
Assistant Director
Subway Serial Rape: Uniform Hunting
Assistant Director
- 1986
Uniform Virgin: The Prey
Director
Save the Last Dance for Me
Director
Groper Train: Sensitivity Is Good
Assistant Director
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
First Assistant Director
Groper Train: Final Stop
Assistant Director
- 1985
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
First Assistant Director
White Uniform Confinement
Assistant Director
Subway Serial Rape
First Assistant Director
Distorted Sense of Touch
Director
Sex Document: Nakase Jôzu
Assistant Director
- 1984
The Bondage
First Assistant Director
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
First Assistant Director
Molester's School Infirmary
First Assistant Director
Sex Maniac Torture
Assistant Director
Jokôsei: Koshitsu de nyan-nyan
Assistant Director
Chikan Densha Ano te Kono te
First Assistant Director
Kuroi bokan: fukei o osou
First Assistant Director
- 1983
Groping Live Recording Trip
Second Assistant Director
Wet Kimono
Assistant Director
Groper Train: Good Office Lady, Bad Office Lady, Normal Office Lady
Assistant Director
Acted in 17
2020s
- 2025
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 1
Movie
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Movie
1990s
- 1999
Tokyo Elegy
Detective
- 1996
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
Movie
- 1993
Birthday
Man drinking sake
- 1991
Cruising Love Story
Man in gay couple
1980s
- 1987
Groper Train: Start at the Back
Cameraman
- 1986
Groper Train: Final Stop
Man groping school girl
- 1985
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
Movie
Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
Movie
Damashite nozoku
Movie
Pink Physical Examination
Movie
- 1984
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
Movie
Hometown Porn Girl 18! Seeding Festival
Movie
- 1982
Molester Train: Searching for Beans
Thug
No release date
In The Sea of Trees
Movie
Wrote 4
2010s
- 2016
Hana-Dama: Phantom
Original Story
- 2014
Hana-Dama
Original Story
1990s
- 1998
Soft Skin
Original Story, Screenplay
1980s
- 1985
Distorted Sense of Touch
Screenplay
Produced 3
2010s
- 2016
Hana-Dama: Phantom
Executive Producer
- 2014
Hana-Dama
Producer
2000s
- 2000
Sabaku
Producer
Appearances11
2020s
- 2026
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 5
Self
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 4
Self
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 3
Self
Revenge in S&M: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Self
Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Self
Lord, Have Mercy: An Interview With Hisayasu Sato
Self
Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Self
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
Self
Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura
Self
I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
Self
2000s
- 2006
Cross the Lens
Self