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.
Known For
Pink Physical Examination
1985
Birthday
1993
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
1996
0Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
2015
Tokyo Elegy
1999
0Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 3
2026
0Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
2026
0Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura
2026
0Revenge in S&M: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
2026
0I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
2026
0Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
2026
0Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
2026
Filmography
Pink Physical Examination
· 1985
Birthday
as Man drinking sake · 1993
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
· 1996
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
· 2015
Tokyo Elegy
as Detective · 1999
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Sato: Part 3
as Self · 2026
Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
as Self · 2026
Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura
as Self · 2026
Revenge in S&M: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
as Self · 2026
I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
as Self · 2026
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
as Self · 2026
Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs): An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
as Self · 2026
Autumn
· 2016
Cruising Love Story
as Man in gay couple · 1991
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
· 1985
Groper Train: Final Stop
as Man groping school girl · 1986
Lord, Have Mercy: An Interview With Hisayasu Sato
as Self · 2026
Groper Train: Start at the Back
as Cameraman · 1987
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
· 1984
Hometown Porn Girl 18! Seeding Festival
· 1984
Cross the Lens
as Self · 2006
In The Sea of Trees
Delivery Wife: Get Wet!
· 1984
Crying Rope, Missing Black Hair
· 1983
Young Wife Assault Pervert
· 1982
Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
· 1985
Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 1
· 2025