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Seitaro Suzuki, 鈴木清太郎, Hachiro Guryu, 具流八郎, 스즈키 세이준, Сэйдзюн Судзуки, 세이준 스즈키
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1923-05-24
- event Death Date 2017-02-13
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.4
- info Birth Place Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Seijun Suzuki
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What's a Director?
2006-11-04
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The Wings of Hakenkreuz
2004-07-24
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Discontinuous Bombing Incident
1991-05-13
6.5
Cold Fever
1995-02-10
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Yurika-chan
1997-01-01
7.1
Sleepless Town
1998-06-27
6.3
Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011-02-18
5.5
Double Bed
1983-08-05
10
MOMENT
1981-04-03
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Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996-05-25
4.9
Embalming
1999-07-30
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Ki no ue no sogyo
1997-03-29
6.7
Blessing Bell
2002-12-08
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Dreaming Awake
2008-10-18
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The Erotic Empire
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SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
2015-01-31
5
The Story of PuPu
1998-04-04
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Sure Death 6
1996-05-25
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Virgin Road
1989-07-21
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I Can't Wait Until It's Dark!
1975-04-06
7
Shiro and Marilyn
1988-07-16
6
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
2002-01-10
7
Boy
2007-04-22
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The Moon
2000-07-08
6
From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'
2005-07-26
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Matouqin Nocturne
2007-07-21
0
Let's Get Happy
1998-12-09
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Oshimai no hi
2000-01-15
8
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
1990-01-07
7.8
Tales of the Bizarre
1990-04-19
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7.8
The Claws of the Divine Beast
1980-06-20
7.8
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1985-07-13
7.8
Fighting Elegy
1966-11-09
7.8
Kanto Wanderer
1963-11-23
7.8
Underworld Beauty
1958-03-25
7.8
Pistol Opera
2001-10-27
7.8
Princess Raccoon
2005-05-28
7.8
Tokyo Drifter
1966-04-10
7.8
Youth of the Beast
1963-04-21
7.8
Story of a Prostitute
1965-02-27
7.8
Branded to Kill
1967-06-15
7.8
Take Aim at the Police Van
1960-01-27
7.8
Gate of Flesh
1964-05-31
7.8
Tattooed Life
1965-11-13
7.8
Fighting Delinquents
1960-11-23
7.8
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963-01-27
7.8
Kagero-za
1981-08-21
7.8
Yumeji
1991-05-31
7.8
Zigeunerweisen
1980-04-01
7.8
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964-02-08
7.8
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977-05-21
7.8
Carmen from Kawachi
1966-02-07
7.8
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
1992-01-01
7.8
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
1992-01-01
7.8
Capone Cries a Lot
1985-02-16
7.8
The Fang in the Hole
1979-09-23
7.8
Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames
1983-07-23
7.8
Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames
1983-07-23
7.8
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962-12-09
7.8
Eight Hours of Terror
1957-03-08
7.8
The Call of Blood
1964-10-03
7.8
Voice Without a Shadow
1958-10-22
7.8
Passport to Darkness
1959-05-19
7.8
The Sleeping Beast Within
1960-04-09
7.8
Smashing the 0-Line
1960-06-25
7.8
Victory is Ours
1956-03-21
7.8
Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
1968-06-12
7.8
The Man with a Shotgun
1961-06-03
7.8
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961-08-27
7.8
The Incorrigible
1963-09-21
7.8
A Mummy’s Love
1973-01-01
7.8
Love Letter
1959-01-15
7.8
Everything Goes Wrong
1960-10-08
7.8
Satan's Town
1956-07-11
7.8
The Boy Who Came Back
1958-06-29
7.8
Age of Nudity
1959-09-07
7.8
Inn of the Floating Weeds
1957-01-09
7.8
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995-01-01
7.8
Born Under Crossed Stars
1965-08-25
7.8
The Black Current
1954-08-31
7.8
Teenage Yakuza
1962-06-20
7.8
Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956-06-28
7.8
Tokyo Knights
1961-02-01
7.8
Blood-Red Water in the Channel
1961-10-01
7.8
Age of Nudity
1959-09-07
7.8
Young Breasts
1958-09-08
7.8
Living by Karate
1961-04-16
7.8
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961-12-01
7.8
Marriage
1993-07-16
7.8
Kazoku no sentaku
1983-11-08
7.8
Cherry Blossoms in Spring
1983-01-01
7.8
The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957-12-07
7.8
Daughter of Time
1980-12-20
7.8
Princess Raccoon
2005-05-28
7.8
Duel at Sundown
1955-05-24
7.8
Duel at Sundown
1955-05-24
7.8
Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955-09-21
7.8
Passion and Rifle Bullets
1955-09-21
7.8
Semyonov's Gold Ingots
1956-06-26
7.8
Branded to Kill
1967-06-15
7.8
Lupin the Third
1971-10-24
7.8
Horror Theater Unbalance
1973-01-08