
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.

Pink Physical Examination
MOVIE • 1985

Autumn
MOVIE • 2016

Chikan densha: Iyarashii kôi
MOVIE • 1993

Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
MOVIE • 1984

Tokyo Elegy
MOVIE • 1999

Groper Train: Final Stop
MOVIE • 1986

I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
MOVIE • 1996

Groper Train: Start at the Back
MOVIE • 1987

Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
MOVIE • 1985

Cruising Love Story
MOVIE • 1991

Cross the Lens
MOVIE • 2006

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
MOVIE • 2015

Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
MOVIE • 1985

In The Sea of Trees
MOVIE

Walking in Circles: Shinjuku with Hisayasu Satô: Part 2
MOVIE • 2026

Lost in the Bedroom: An interview with Kyôko Nakamura
MOVIE • 2026

Escape 3: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
MOVIE • 2026

I'm Being Watched: An Interview with Hisayasu Sato
MOVIE • 2026