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Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

Actor, Other Crew, Director

Born May 24, 1923 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

Died February 13, 2017

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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

Actor

30

Type

Year

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2018Self - Director

TCM Remembers 2017 Poster

TCM Remembers 2017 TV Special2017Self

Milocrorze: A Love Story Poster

Milocrorze: A Love Story Feature Film2011

Dreaming Awake Poster

Dreaming Awake Feature Film2008

Matouqin Nocturne Poster

Matouqin Nocturne Feature Film2007

What's a Director? Poster

What's a Director? Documentary2006Actor

From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' Documentary2005Self

The Wings of Hakenkreuz Poster

The Wings of Hakenkreuz Feature Film2004

Blessing Bell Poster

Blessing Bell Feature Film2002Old Man's Ghost

Mondo Macabro Poster

Mondo Macabro TV Series2002Self

Seijun Suzuki. Kabuki & Yakuzas Poster

Seijun Suzuki. Kabuki & Yakuzas Documentary2002Self

The Moon Poster

The Moon Feature Film2000

Enbalming Poster

Enbalming Feature Film1999

The Tax G-Men 3 TV Movie1999

Shiawase ni naro ne Poster

Shiawase ni naro ne Feature Film1998

Sleepless Town Poster

Sleepless Town Feature Film1998

The Story of Pupu Poster

The Story of Pupu Feature Film1998

Ki no ue no sogyo Poster

Ki no ue no sogyo Feature Film1997Hospital director Komine

Tôsan wa mori ni kakureru TV Movie1997Tatsugorô Shikada

Black Jack 2: Pinoko ai shiteru Feature Film1996Hyojisai

Sunflower Poster

Sunflower TV Series1996Yaichi Terasaki

Cold Fever Poster

Cold Fever Feature Film1995Hirata's Grandfather

Pachinko Graffiti Feature Film1992

Tales of the Bizarre Poster

Tales of the Bizarre TV Series1990

The Masked Belle Poitrine Beautiful Masked Girl Poitrine Poster

The Masked Belle Poitrine Beautiful Masked Girl Poitrine TV Series1990Kami-sama

Marilyn ni aitai Poster

Marilyn ni aitai Feature Film1988Vet

Rekishi tanjô TV Series1988Self - Emcee

Double Bed Poster

Double Bed Feature Film1983Man in Bar

The 4th Annual Japan Academy Awards TV Special1981Self

Kuraku naru-made matenai! Poster

Kuraku naru-made matenai! Feature Film1975

Other Crew

1

Lupin the 3rd Poster

Lupin the 3rd TV Series1977

Director

58

Type

Year

Princess Raccoon Poster

Princess Raccoon Feature Film2005

Pistol Opera Poster

Pistol Opera Feature Film2001

Marriage Poster

Marriage Feature Film1993

Yumeji Feature Film1991

Capone Cries a Lot Poster

Capone Cries a Lot Feature Film1985

Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon Poster

Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon Feature Film1985

Cherry Blossoms in Spring Poster

Cherry Blossoms in Spring TV Movie1983

Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames Poster

Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames Video1983

The Choice of a Family: I'll Kill Your Husband for You Poster

The Choice of a Family: I'll Kill Your Husband for You TV Movie1983

Kagero-za Poster

Kagero-za Feature Film1981

Chin Shun-shin's 'The Claws of the Divine Beast' Poster

Chin Shun-shin's 'The Claws of the Divine Beast' TV Movie1980

Zigeunerweisen Poster

Zigeunerweisen Feature Film1980

The Fang in the Hole Poster

The Fang in the Hole Feature Film1979

A Tale of Sorrow Poster

A Tale of Sorrow Feature Film1977

Horror Theater Unbalance Poster

Horror Theater Unbalance TV Series1973

There's a Bird Inside a Man Feature Film1969

Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel Poster

Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel TV Movie1968

Branded to Kill Poster

Branded to Kill Feature Film1967

Carmen from Kawachi Poster

Carmen from Kawachi Feature Film1966

Fighting Elegy Poster

Fighting Elegy Feature Film1966

Tokyo Drifter Poster

Tokyo Drifter Feature Film1966

Born Under Crossed Stars Poster

Born Under Crossed Stars Feature Film1965

Story of a Prostitute Poster

Story of a Prostitute Feature Film1965

Tattooed Life Poster

Tattooed Life Feature Film1965

Gate of Flesh Poster

Gate of Flesh Feature Film1964

Our Blood Will Not Forgive Poster

Our Blood Will Not Forgive Feature Film1964

The Flowers and the Angry Waves Poster

The Flowers and the Angry Waves Feature Film1964

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! Poster

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! Feature Film1963

Kanto Wanderer Poster

Kanto Wanderer Feature Film1963

The Incorrigible Poster

The Incorrigible Feature Film1963

Youth of the Beast Poster

Youth of the Beast Feature Film1963

Teenage Yakuza Poster

Teenage Yakuza Feature Film1962

The Guys Who Put Money on Me Poster

The Guys Who Put Money on Me Feature Film1962

A Hell of a Guy Poster

A Hell of a Guy Feature Film1961

Blood-Red Water in the Channel Poster

Blood-Red Water in the Channel Feature Film1961

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab Poster

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab Feature Film1961

The Man with a Shotgun Poster

The Man with a Shotgun Feature Film1961

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass Poster

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass Feature Film1961

Tokyo Knights Poster

Tokyo Knights Feature Film1961

Everything Goes Wrong Poster

Everything Goes Wrong Feature Film1960

Fighting Delinquents Poster

Fighting Delinquents Feature Film1960

Smashing the 0-Line Poster

Smashing the 0-Line Feature Film1960

Take Aim at the Police Van Poster

Take Aim at the Police Van Feature Film1960

The Sleeping Beast Within Poster

The Sleeping Beast Within Feature Film1960

Age of Nudity Poster

Age of Nudity Feature Film1959

Love Letter Poster

Love Letter Short Film1959

Passport to Darkness Poster

Passport to Darkness Feature Film1959

Young Breasts II Feature Film1959

The Boy Who Came Back Poster

The Boy Who Came Back Feature Film1958

Underworld Beauty Poster

Underworld Beauty Feature Film1958

Voice Without a Shadow Poster

Voice Without a Shadow Feature Film1958

Young Breasts Poster

Young Breasts Feature Film1958

Eight Hours of Terror Poster

Eight Hours of Terror Feature Film1957

Inn of the Floating Weeds Poster

Inn of the Floating Weeds Feature Film1957

The Naked Woman and the Gun Poster

The Naked Woman and the Gun Feature Film1957

Pure Emotions of the Sea Poster

Pure Emotions of the Sea Feature Film1956

Satan's Town Poster

Satan's Town Feature Film1956

Victory Is Ours Poster

Victory Is Ours Feature Film1956

Writer

5

Type

Year

Barameraba Short Film2005

Lupin III: Part III Poster

Lupin III: Part III TV Series1984

Branded to Kill Poster

Branded to Kill Feature Film1967

Age of Nudity Poster

Age of Nudity Feature Film1959

Rakûjitsu no kettô Poster

Rakûjitsu no kettô Feature Film1955

2nd Unit / Asst Director

3

Botchan kisha Feature Film1955

Kuroi ushio Poster

Kuroi ushio Feature Film1954

Ore no kenjû wa subayai Poster

Ore no kenjû wa subayai Feature Film1954

Thanks

3

Type

Year

Pinku Feature Film2025

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2018

Paris, je t'aime Poster

Paris, je t'aime Feature Film2006

Producer

1

Princess Raccoon Poster

Princess Raccoon Feature Film2005

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