Seijun Suzuki
Directing
Born: May 24, 1923 · Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Died: February 13, 2017 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Branded to Kill
1967
Tokyo Drifter
1966
Lupin the 3rd
1971
Youth of the Beast
1963
Gate of Flesh
1964
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1985
Zigeunerweisen
1980
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
Story of a Prostitute
1965
Fighting Elegy
1966
Yumeji
1991
Kagero-za
1981
Photos (4)
Movies (26)
Yurika-chan
Grandpa
Double Bed
Man in Bar
Sleepless Town
Ye Xiaodan
Sure Death 6
1996
Ki no ue no sogyo
1997
Cold Fever
Hirata's Grandfather
Shiro and Marilyn
Vet
The Last Day
2000
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2015
Embalming
1999
Blessing Bell
Old Man's Ghost
The Rain Women
1990
Disciples of Hippocrates
1980
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Gazen
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
MOMENT
1981
Virgin Road
1989
The Story of PuPu
Old Man
My Beloved Ultraseven
Eiji Tsuburaya
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996
The Wings of Hakenkreuz
2004
What's a Director?
2006
The Moon
2000
Let's Get Happy
1998
Pachinko Graffiti
1992
Matouqin Nocturne
2007
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (1)
Upcoming (1)
Directing (62)
Tokyo Drifter
Director
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Director
Horror Theater Unbalance
Director
Branded to Kill
Director
Story of a Prostitute
Director
Gate of Flesh
Director
Fighting Elegy
Director
Youth of the Beast
Director
Zigeunerweisen
Director
Carmen from Kawachi
Director
Kagero-za
Director
Yumeji
Director
Capone Cries a Lot
Director
Age of Nudity
Director
The Flower and the Angry Waves
Director
Take Aim at the Police Van
Director
Blood-Red Water in the Channel
Director
Young Breasts
Director
Marriage
Director
Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our Grasp
Director
Pistol Opera
Director
Everything Goes Wrong
Director
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Director
Kanto Wanderer
Director
The Black Current
Assistant Director
Tattooed Life
Director
Passport to Darkness
Director
Underworld Beauty
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
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The Sleeping Beast Within
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The Incorrigible
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Eight Hours of Terror
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Teenage Yakuza
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The Man with a Shotgun
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The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Director
Voice Without a Shadow
Director
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
Director
Smashing the 0-Line
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Born Under Crossed Stars
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Tokyo Knights
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My Pistol Is Quick
Assistant Director
Princess Raccoon
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Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
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The Boy Who Came Back
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The Fang in the Hole
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Love Letter
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Inn of the Floating Weeds
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The Naked Woman and the Gun
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
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Cherry Blossoms in Spring
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A Mummy’s Love
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Passion and Rifle Bullets
Assistant Director
Living by Karate
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The Claws of the Divine Beast
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The Call of Blood
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Kazoku no sentaku
Director
Fighting Delinquents
Director
Satan's Town
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Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames
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Duel at Sundown
Assistant Director
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Director
Evil Reward
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