About

Known credits:
106
Birthday:
1923-05-24
Place of birth:
Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Seijun Suzuki

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2015 SOAR: I Wish You Were Here Actor N/A
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2011 Milocrorze: A Love Story Actor Gazen 58
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2008 Dreaming Awake Actor N/A
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2007 Matouqin Nocturne Actor N/A
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2007 Boy Actor Ryuun Naito 59
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2006 What's a Director? Actor N/A
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2005 From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' Actor 59
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2004 The Wings of Hakenkreuz Actor N/A
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2002 Blessing Bell Actor Old Man's Ghost 58
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2002 Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas Actor Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter 59
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2002 The Erotic Empire Actor self N/A
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2000 The Moon Actor N/A
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2000 The Last Day Actor N/A
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1999 Embalming Actor 58
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1998 Let's Get Happy Actor N/A
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1998 Sleepless Town Actor Ye Xiaodan 59
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1998 The Story of PuPu Actor Old Man 58
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1997 Ki no ue no sogyo Actor N/A
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1997 Yurika-chan Actor Grandpa N/A
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1996 Sure Death 6 Actor N/A
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1996 Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You Actor N/A
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1995 Cold Fever Actor Hirata's Grandfather 58
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1992 Pachinko Graffiti Actor N/A
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1991 Discontinuous Bombing Incident Actor N/A
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1990 La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine Actor Kami-sama 69
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1990 The Rain Women Actor 58
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1989 Virgin Road Actor N/A
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1988 Shiro and Marilyn Actor Vet 59
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1983 Double Bed Actor Man in Bar 58
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1981 MOMENT Actor 58
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1975 I Can't Wait Until It's Dark! Actor Himself N/A
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Directing
2005 Princess Raccoon Directing Director 58
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2001 Pistol Opera Directing Director 59
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1993 Marriage Directing Director N/A
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1992 A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School Directing Director N/A
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1991 Yumeji Directing Director 58
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1985 Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon Directing Director 58
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1985 Capone Cries a Lot Directing Director 58
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1983 Kazoku no sentaku Directing Director N/A
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1983 Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames Directing Director N/A
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1983 Cherry Blossoms in Spring Directing Director 58
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1981 Kagero-za Directing Director 59
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1980 The Claws of the Divine Beast Directing Director 58
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1980 Zigeunerweisen Directing Director 59
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1979 The Fang in the Hole Directing Director N/A
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1977 A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness Directing Director 58
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1973 A Mummy's Love Directing Director N/A
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1973 A Mummy’s Love Directing Director N/A
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1968 Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel Directing Director N/A
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1968 Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel Directing Director 58
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1967 Branded to Kill Directing Director 62
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1966 Fighting Elegy Directing Director 59
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1966 Tokyo Drifter Directing Director 62
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1966 Carmen from Kawachi Directing Director 58
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1965 Tattooed Life Directing Director 59
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1965 Born Under Crossed Stars Directing Director 58
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1965 Story of a Prostitute Directing Director 59
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1964 The Call of Blood Directing Director 58
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1964 Gate of Flesh Directing Director 59
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1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves Directing Director 58
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1963 Kanto Wanderer Directing Director 58
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1963 The Incorrigible Directing Director 58
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1963 Youth of the Beast Directing Director 60
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1963 Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! Directing Director 58
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1962 The Guys Who Put Money on Me Directing Director 59
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1962 Teenage Yakuza Directing Director 59
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1961 Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab Directing Director N/A
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1961 Blood-Red Water in the Channel Directing Director N/A
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1961 The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass Directing Director 58
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1961 The Man with a Shotgun Directing Director 58
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1961 Living by Karate Directing Director 58
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1961 Tokyo Knights Directing Director 59
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1960 Fighting Delinquents Directing Director 58
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1960 Everything Goes Wrong Directing Director 58
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1960 Smashing the 0-Line Directing Director 59
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1960 The Sleeping Beast Within Directing Director 58
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1960 Take Aim at the Police Van Directing Director 58
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1959 Age of Nudity Directing Director 58
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1959 Passport to Darkness Directing Director 58
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1959 Love Letter Directing Director 59
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1958 Voice Without a Shadow Directing Director 58
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1958 Young Breasts Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Boy Who Came Back Directing Director 59
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1958 Underworld Beauty Directing Director 58
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1957 The Naked Woman and the Gun Directing Director N/A
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1957 Eight Hours of Terror Directing Director 59
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1957 Inn of the Floating Weeds Directing Director N/A
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1956 Satan's Town Directing Director N/A
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1956 Pure Emotions of the Sea Directing Director N/A
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1956 Victory Is Ours Directing Director N/A
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1956 Evil Reward Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1955 Passion and Rifle Bullets Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1955 Duel at Sundown Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1954 My Pistol Is Quick Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1954 The Black Current Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
1992 A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School Writing Writer N/A
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1983 Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 Daughter of Time Writing Idea N/A
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1968 Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel Writing Screenplay N/A
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1967 Branded to Kill Writing Screenplay 62
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1959 Age of Nudity Writing Writer 58
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1956 Semyonov's Gold Ingots Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 Passion and Rifle Bullets Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 Duel at Sundown Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2005 Princess Raccoon Production Executive Producer 58
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Art
1995 Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers Art Supervising Art Director 59
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