Seijun Suzuki
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1923
- Died
- February 13, 2017 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Filmography
Princess Raccoon
Movie · Director
Pistol Opera
Movie · Director
Marriage
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A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
Movie · Director
Yumeji
Movie · Director
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Movie · Director
Capone Cries a Lot
Movie · Director
Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames
Movie · Director
Kazoku no sentaku
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Cherry Blossoms in Spring
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Kagero-za
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The Claws of the Divine Beast
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Zigeunerweisen
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The Fang in the Hole
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
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A Mummy’s Love
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Horror Theater Unbalance
TV · Director · 1 ep
Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
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Branded to Kill
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Fighting Elegy
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Tokyo Drifter
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Carmen from Kawachi
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Story of a Prostitute
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Tattooed Life
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Born Under Crossed Stars
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Gate of Flesh
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
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The Call of Blood
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Kanto Wanderer
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Youth of the Beast
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
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The Incorrigible
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
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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
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Tokyo Knights
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Blood-Red Water in the Channel
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Living by Karate
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
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Take Aim at the Police Van
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Fighting Delinquents
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The Sleeping Beast Within
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Smashing the 0-Line
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Everything Goes Wrong
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Passport to Darkness
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Love Letter
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Age of Nudity
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Underworld Beauty
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Voice Without a Shadow
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The Boy Who Came Back
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Young Breasts
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Eight Hours of Terror
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Inn of the Floating Weeds
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The Naked Woman and the Gun
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Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our Grasp
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Satan's Town
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Pure Emotions of the Sea
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Evil Reward
Movie · Assistant Director
Duel at Sundown
Movie · Assistant Director
Passion and Rifle Bullets
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The Black Current
Movie · Assistant Director
My Pistol Is Quick
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