Seijun Suzuki
Directing
Seijun Suzuki born Seitaro Suzuki (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017) was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the yakuza genre. His increasingly surreal style began to draw the ire of the studio in 1963 and culminated in his ultimate dismissal for what is now regarded his magnum opus, Branded to Kill (1967), starring notable collaborator Joe Shishido. Suzuki successfully sued the studio for wrongful dismissal, but he was blacklisted for 10 years after that. As an independent filmmaker, he won critical acclaim and a Japanese Academy Award for his Taishō Trilogy, Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981) and Yumeji (1991). His films remained widely unknown outside of Japan until a series of theatrical retrospectives beginning in the mid 1980s, home video releases of key films such as Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter in the late 1990s and tributes by such acclaimed filmmakers as Jim Jarmusch, Takeshi Kitano, Wong Kar-wai and Quentin Tarantino signaled his international discovery. Suzuki has continued making films, albeit sporadically. In Japan, he is more commonly recognized as an actor for his numerous roles in Japanese films and television. He passed away on February 13th, 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Seijun Suzuki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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moviePrincess Raccoon
2005
Director
moviePistol Opera
2001
Director
movieMarriage
1993
Director
movieYumeji
1991
Director
movieCapone Cries a Lot
1985
Director
movieKazoku no sentaku
1983
Director
movieKagero-za
1981
Director
movieZigeunerweisen
1980
Director
movieThe Fang in the Hole
1979
Director
tvHorror Theater Unbalance
1973
Director
movieA Mummy’s Love
1973
Director
movieBranded to Kill
1967
Director
movieFighting Elegy
1966
Director
movieTokyo Drifter
1966
Director
movieCarmen from Kawachi
1966
Director
movieTattooed Life
1965
Director
movieStory of a Prostitute
1965
Director
movieThe Call of Blood
1964
Director
movieGate of Flesh
1964
Director
movieKanto Wanderer
1963
Director
movieThe Incorrigible
1963
Director
movieYouth of the Beast
1963
Director
movieTeenage Yakuza
1962
Director
movieThe Man with a Shotgun
1961
Director
movieLiving by Karate
1961
Director
movieTokyo Knights
1961
Director
movieFighting Delinquents
1960
Director
movieEverything Goes Wrong
1960
Director
movieSmashing the 0-Line
1960
Director
movieAge of Nudity
1959
Director
moviePassport to Darkness
1959
Director
movieLove Letter
1959
Director
movieVoice Without a Shadow
1958
Director
movieYoung Breasts
1958
Director
movieThe Boy Who Came Back
1958
Director
movieUnderworld Beauty
1958
Director
movieEight Hours of Terror
1957
Director
movieSatan's Town
1956
Director
movieVictory Is Ours
1956
Director
movieEvil Reward
1956
Assistant Director
moviePassion and Rifle Bullets
1955
Assistant Director
movieDuel at Sundown
1955
Assistant Director
movieMy Pistol Is Quick
1954
Assistant Director
movieThe Black Current
1954
Assistant Director
Acting36
Boy
2007
Ryuun Naito
movieBlessing Bell
2002
Old Man's Ghost
movieSeijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
2002
Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter
movieSleepless Town
1998
Ye Xiaodan
movieThe Story of PuPu
1998
Old Man
movieYurika-chan
1997
Grandpa
movieCold Fever
1995
Hirata's Grandfather
movieMy Beloved Ultraseven
1993
Eiji Tsuburaya
movieDouble Bed
1983
Man in Bar
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
Self (archive footage)
Writing9
tvLupin the 3rd
1971
Writer
movieBranded to Kill
1967
Screenplay
movieAge of Nudity
1959
Writer
movieSemyonov's Gold Ingots
1956
Screenplay
moviePassion and Rifle Bullets
1955
Screenplay
movieDuel at Sundown
1955
Screenplay
Art1
movieLupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
Supervising Art Director
Production1
moviePrincess Raccoon
2005
Executive Producer