Seijun Suzuki

Directing·May 24, 1923·Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
Princess Raccoon2005 · Director	Director
Pistol Opera2001 · Director	Director
Marriage1993 · Director	Director
AA Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Yumeji1991 · Director	Director
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon1985 · Director	Director
Capone Cries a Lot1985 · Director	Director
Kazoku no sentaku1983 · Director	Director
Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames1983 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cherry Blossoms in Spring1983 · Director	Director
Kagero-za1981 · Director	Director
The Claws of the Divine Beast1980 · Director	Director
Zigeunerweisen1980 · Director	Director
The Fang in the Hole1979 · Director	Director
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness1977 · Director	Director
A Mummy’s Love1973 · Director	Director
Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel1968 · Director	Director
Branded to Kill1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fighting Elegy1966 · Director	Director
Tokyo Drifter1966 · Director	Director
Carmen from Kawachi1966 · Director	Director
Tattooed Life1965 · Director	Director
Born Under Crossed Stars1965 · Director	Director
Story of a Prostitute1965 · Director	Director
The Call of Blood1964 · Director	Director
Gate of Flesh1964 · Director	Director
The Flower and the Angry Waves1964 · Director	Director
Kanto Wanderer1963 · Director	Director
The Incorrigible1963 · Director	Director
Youth of the Beast1963 · Director	Director
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!1963 · Director	Director
The Guys Who Put Money on Me1962 · Director	Director
Teenage Yakuza1962 · Director	Director
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab1961 · Director	Director
Blood-Red Water in the Channel1961 · Director	Director
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass1961 · Director	Director
The Man with a Shotgun1961 · Director	Director
Living by Karate1961 · Director	Director
Tokyo Knights1961 · Director	Director
Fighting Delinquents1960 · Director	Director
Everything Goes Wrong1960 · Director	Director
Smashing the 0-Line1960 · Director	Director
The Sleeping Beast Within1960 · Director	Director
Take Aim at the Police Van1960 · Director	Director
Age of Nudity1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Passport to Darkness1959 · Director	Director
Love Letter1959 · Director	Director
Voice Without a Shadow1958 · Director	Director
Young Breasts1958 · Director	Director
The Boy Who Came Back1958 · Director	Director
Underworld Beauty1958 · Director	Director
The Naked Woman and the Gun1957 · Director	Director
Eight Hours of Terror1957 · Director	Director
Inn of the Floating Weeds1957 · Director	Director
Satan's Town1956 · Director	Director
Pure Emotions of the Sea1956 · Director	Director
Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our Grasp1956 · Director	Director