- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- February 13, 2017
Seijun Suzuki
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…
Filmography
movieSOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2015
movieMilocrorze: A Love Story
2011 · Gazen
Dreaming Awake
movieDreaming Awake
2008
movieMatouqin Nocturne
2007
Boy
movieBoy
2007 · Ryuun Naito
movieWhat's a Director?
2006
From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'
movieFrom the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'
2005
moviePrincess Raccoon
2005 · Director, Executive Producer
movieThe Wings of Hakenkreuz
2004
movieBlessing Bell
2002 · Old Man's Ghost
movieSeijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
2002 · Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter
The Erotic Empire
movieThe Erotic Empire
2002 · self
moviePistol Opera
2001 · Director
movieThe Moon
2000
movieThe Last Day
2000
movieEmbalming
1999
movieLet's Get Happy
1998
movieSleepless Town
1998 · Ye Xiaodan
movieThe Story of PuPu
1998 · Old Man
movieKi no ue no sogyo
1997
movieYurika-chan
1997 · Grandpa
movieBlack Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996
movieSure Death 6
1996
movieCold Fever
1995 · Hirata's Grandfather
movieLupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995 · Supervising Art Director
tvGood Mourning
1994
movieMarriage
1993 · Director
movieMy Beloved Ultraseven
1993 · Eiji Tsuburaya
moviePachinko Graffiti
1992
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
movieA Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
1992 · Director, Writer
movieYumeji
1991 · Director
movieDiscontinuous Bombing Incident
1991
movieThe Rain Women
1990
tvTales of the Bizarre
1990
tvLa Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
1990 · Kami-sama
movieVirgin Road
1989
movieShiro and Marilyn
1988 · Vet
movieLupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1985 · Director
movieCapone Cries a Lot
1985 · Director
movieKazoku no sentaku
1983 · Director
movieDouble Bed
1983 · Man in Bar
movieStorm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames
1983 · Screenplay, Director
movieCherry Blossoms in Spring
1983 · Director
movieKagero-za
1981 · Director
movieMOMENT
1981
movieDaughter of Time
1980 · Idea
movieDisciples of Hippocrates
1980
movieThe Claws of the Divine Beast
1980 · Director
movieZigeunerweisen
1980 · Director
movieThe Fang in the Hole
1979 · Director
movieA Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977 · Director
I Can't Wait Until It's Dark!
movieI Can't Wait Until It's Dark!
1975 · Himself
tvHorror Theater Unbalance
1973 · Director
movieA Mummy’s Love
1973 · Director
tvLupin the 3rd
1971 · Writer
movieGood Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
1968 · Director
movieBranded to Kill
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieFighting Elegy
1966 · Director
movieTokyo Drifter
1966 · Director
movieCarmen from Kawachi
1966 · Director
movieTattooed Life
1965 · Director
movieBorn Under Crossed Stars
1965 · Director
movieStory of a Prostitute
1965 · Director
movieThe Call of Blood
1964 · Director
movieGate of Flesh
1964 · Director
movieThe Flower and the Angry Waves
1964 · Director
movieKanto Wanderer
1963 · Director
movieThe Incorrigible
1963 · Director
movieYouth of the Beast
1963 · Director
movieDetective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 · Director
movieThe Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962 · Director
movieTeenage Yakuza
1962 · Director
movieMillion Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961 · Director
movieBlood-Red Water in the Channel
1961 · Director
movieThe Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961 · Director
movieThe Man with a Shotgun
1961 · Director
movieLiving by Karate
1961 · Director
movieTokyo Knights
1961 · Director
movieFighting Delinquents
1960 · Director
movieEverything Goes Wrong
1960 · Director
movieSmashing the 0-Line
1960 · Director
movieThe Sleeping Beast Within
1960 · Director
movieTake Aim at the Police Van
1960 · Director
movieAge of Nudity
1959 · Director, Writer
moviePassport to Darkness
1959 · Director
movieLove Letter
1959 · Director
movieVoice Without a Shadow
1958 · Director
movieYoung Breasts
1958 · Director
movieThe Boy Who Came Back
1958 · Director
movieUnderworld Beauty
1958 · Director
movieThe Naked Woman and the Gun
1957 · Director
movieEight Hours of Terror
1957 · Director
movieInn of the Floating Weeds
1957 · Director
movieSatan's Town
1956 · Director
moviePure Emotions of the Sea
1956 · Director
movieSemyonov's Gold Ingots
1956 · Screenplay
movieVictory Is Ours
1956 · Director
movieEvil Reward
1956 · Assistant Director
moviePassion and Rifle Bullets
1955 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
movieDuel at Sundown
1955 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
movieMy Pistol Is Quick
1954 · Assistant Director
movieThe Black Current
1954 · Assistant Director
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
movieTwist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
— · Self (archive footage)