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Seijun Suzuki
Directing

Seijun Suzuki
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1923-05-24,Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

What's a Director?

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What's a Director?
2006-11-04

The Wings of Hakenkreuz

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The Wings of Hakenkreuz
2004-07-24

Discontinuous Bombing Incident

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Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991-05-13

6.5

Cold Fever
1995-02-10

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Yurika-chan
1997-01-01

7.1

Sleepless Town
1998-06-27

Milocrorze: A Love Story

6.3

Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011-02-18

5.5

Double Bed
1983-08-05

10

MOMENT
1981-04-03

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You

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Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996-05-25

4.9

Embalming
1999-07-30

Ki no ue no sogyo

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Ki no ue no sogyo
1997-03-29

6.7

Blessing Bell
2002-12-08

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Dreaming Awake
2008-10-18

The Erotic Empire

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The Erotic Empire

SOAR: I Wish You Were Here

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SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2015-01-31

The Story of PuPu

5

The Story of PuPu
1998-04-04

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Sure Death 6
1996-05-25

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Virgin Road
1989-07-21

I Can't Wait Until It's Dark!

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I Can't Wait Until It's Dark!
1975-04-06

Shiro and Marilyn

7

Shiro and Marilyn
1988-07-16

Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas

6

Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
2002-01-10

7

Boy
2007-04-22

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The Moon
2000-07-08

From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'

6

From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'
2005-07-26

Matouqin Nocturne

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Matouqin Nocturne
2007-07-21

Let's Get Happy

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Let's Get Happy
1998-12-09

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Oshimai no hi
2000-01-15

La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine

8

La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
1990-01-07

Tales of the Bizarre

7.8

Tales of the Bizarre
1990-04-19