Yasutake Torii

Directing

Yasutake Torii

Born
(age 41)
Birthplace
France
Credits
20 titles

Biography

Yasutake Torii (鳥居康剛; born March 28, 1985) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. Born in France, he studied in Germany and Canada before graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2009. After returning to Japan, he worked under horror filmmaker Kotaro Terauchi and made his feature directorial debut with Hitori Kakurenbo: The Movie – Real Urban Legend (2012).

Torii is best known for directing and shooting the Japanese horror films Death Forest 3 (2015) and Death Forest 4 (2016), based on the video game DeathForest: Escape from the Forest. His other directing credits include The Urban Legend of Sugisawa Village (2014), Hanako vs. Yosuke (2016), Parasite War (2017), and Tales of the Undeparted (2021). He has also worked extensively in cinematography, editing, and visual effects.

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 20

YearTitleJob
2025 Share-Kowa: Urban Legends That Will Scare You to Death Film Director
2021 Tales of the Undeparted Film Director
2020 The Samejima Incident Film Editor
2020 Hobonichi no Kaidan TV Director (12 ep)
2019 Gekijō-ban: Hontō ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2019 Fuyu no Tokubetsu-hen Film Director
2019 Ghost Story Teacher Ayako Yamaguchi's Erotic Scary Story Film Director
2018 Parasite War Film Director
2017 Gekijō-ban: Hontō ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2017 Film Director
2017 Kuchisake-onna vs. Mary-san Film Cinematography, Editor, Special Effects
2016 Corpse Party: Book of Shadows Film Visual Effects Supervisor
2016 Hanako of the Toilet: Hanako vs Yosuke Film Director
2016 Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 4 Film Cinematography, Director
2015 Death Forest: Forbidden Forest 3 Film Director, Writer
2015 Halloween Nightmare Film Director of Photography
2015 Eyes Film Editor
2014 UMA Expeditionary party report Film Director, Writer
2014 The Urban Legend of Sugisawa Village Film Director, Screenplay, Cinematography
2013 有村架純「熱量」 Film Director
2013 Cursed World Film Director, Writer
2012 Hitori Kakurenbo: The Movie - Real Urban Legend Film Director
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