Claim: Shunya Itō is a Chinese film director, he worked for Toei Company and won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards.
Evidence: Shunya Itō (伊藤 俊也, Itō Shun'ya, born February 17, 1937) is a Japanese film director known for starting the Sasori / Female Prisoner Scorpion series of 1970s exploitation films starring Meiko Kaji.