Hideo Suzuki

Known for
Directing
Born
May 10, 1916
Died
May 2, 2002 (aged 85)

Biography

Born on May 10, 1916 in present-day Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. He went on to study in order to take over the shipping business of his family, but his love of movies grew so much that he entered Nihon University's College of Art in 1933. In 1939, when he was 23 years old, he joined the assistant director department of Shinko Kinema Tokyo Studio , relying on a distant relative of Shiro Toyoda as soon as he graduated. He transferred to Toho in 1943. As a middle-ranking director of the company, he worked in all genres, including literary works and comedies, but his main strengths were in thrillers and suspense. In 1962 , he won the Special Jury Prize at the São Paulo Film Festival for his work, A Woman in That Place, about a woman who works at an advertising agency. After 1967 's "Bakushou Yaro Dai Jiken", at the age of 51, he moved from movies to TV movies and mass-produced more than 100 dramas. He left works that still boast cult popularity, such as " Angel full of scars " (1974-1975).

Known For

Filmography

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Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes poster

Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes

Movie · Director

1996
Further Tales of Musashi poster

Further Tales of Musashi

TV · Director · 13 eps

1987
Tokyo Bordello poster

Tokyo Bordello

Movie · First Assistant Director

1987
Taikoki poster

Taikoki

Movie · Assistant Director

1980
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation poster

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation

Movie · Director

1977
Yokomizo Seishi Series poster

Yokomizo Seishi Series

TV · Director · 5 eps

1976
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist poster

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist

Movie · Assistant Director

1976
Yakuza Graveyard poster

Yakuza Graveyard

Movie · Assistant Director

1974
Wounded Angels poster

Wounded Angels

TV · Director · 3 eps

1973
Vampire Scream poster

Vampire Scream

Movie · Director

1973
Horror Theater Unbalance poster

Horror Theater Unbalance

TV · Director · 1 ep

1973
Kenkaku Shōbai poster

Kenkaku Shōbai

TV · Director · 22 eps

1967
Great Incidents poster

Great Incidents

Movie · Director

1966
3 Raccoon Dogs poster

3 Raccoon Dogs

Movie · Director

1965
Stairs of Evil poster

Stairs of Evil

Movie · Director

1963
Walleyed Nippon poster

Walleyed Nippon

Movie · Director

1963
Daybreak Chorus poster

Daybreak Chorus

Movie · Director

1962
Woman of Design poster

Woman of Design

Movie · Director

1962
Long Way to Okinawa poster

Long Way to Okinawa

Movie · Director

1961
Structure of Hate poster

Structure of Hate

Movie · Director

1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband poster

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband

Movie · Director

1960
The Forbidden Scoop poster

The Forbidden Scoop

Movie · Director

1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face poster

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face

Movie · Director

1959
Vagabond Employee: Revenge poster

Vagabond Employee: Revenge

Movie · Director

1959
Vagabond Employee: Outcry poster

Vagabond Employee: Outcry

Movie · Director

1959
The Lighthouse poster

The Lighthouse

Movie · Director

1958
Flower's Yearning poster

Flower's Yearning

Movie · Director

1957
A Dangerous Hero poster

A Dangerous Hero

Movie · Director

1957
The Decoy poster

The Decoy

Movie · Director

1957
Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife poster

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife

Movie · Director

1956
I Saw the Killer poster

I Saw the Killer

Movie · Director

1956
Blue Buds poster

Blue Buds

Movie · Director

1956
Pure Love poster

Pure Love

Movie · Director

1955
The First Kiss poster

The First Kiss

Movie · Director

1955
The Rookie Managers poster

The Rookie Managers

Movie · Director

1955
The Immortal Pitcher poster

The Immortal Pitcher

Movie · Director

1954
Mako Osorubeshi poster

Mako Osorubeshi

Movie · Director

1954
Young Eyes

Young Eyes

Movie · Director

1954
Love Express

Love Express

Movie · Director

1952
Zoku santō jūyaku poster

Zoku santō jūyaku

Movie · Director

1952
Miss Hanaogi and Santa poster

Miss Hanaogi and Santa

Movie · Director

1951
Saijoke no kyoen poster

Saijoke no kyoen

Movie · Director

1951
Koi no Oranda-zaka poster

Koi no Oranda-zaka

Movie · Director

1950
City of the Spider poster

City of the Spider

Movie · Director

1947
Futari de miru hoshi

Futari de miru hoshi

Movie · Director