1923-05-24 Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
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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あなたにゐてほしい~SOAR~ | 2015-01-31 | |
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ミロクローゼ | Gazen | 2011-02-18 |
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夢のまにまに | 2008-10-18 | |
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少年 | Ryuun Naito | 2007-04-22 |
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馬頭琴夜想曲 | 2007-07-21 | |
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映画監督って何だ！ | 2006-11-04 | |
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From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' | 2005-07-26 | |
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ハーケンクロイツの翼 | 2004-07-24 | |
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幸福の鐘 | Old Man's Ghost | 2002-12-08 |
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Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas | Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter | 2002-01-10 |
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おしまいの日。 | 2000-01-15 | |
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月 | 2000-07-08 | |
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EM エンバーミング | 1999-07-30 | |
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しあわせになろうね | 1998-12-09 | |
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不夜城 | Ye Xiaodan | 1998-06-27 |
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プープーの物語 | Old Man | 1998-04-04 |
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樹の上の草魚 | 1997-03-29 | |
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ゆりかちゃん | Grandpa | 1997-01-01 |
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ブラック・ジャック２ ピノコ愛してる | 1996-05-25 | |
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必殺！ 主水死す | 1996-05-25 | |
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Á köldum klaka | Hirata's Grandfather | 1995-02-10 |
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不連続爆破事件 | 1991-05-13 | |
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ばあじんロード | 1989-07-21 | |
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マリリンに逢いたい | Vet | 1988-07-16 |
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ダブルベッド | Man in Bar | 1983-08-05 |
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MOMENT | 1981-04-03 | |
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暗くなるまで待てない! | Himself | 1975-04-06 |
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The Erotic Empire | self |
