Directing · b. 1923 · Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

Seijun Suzuki

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...

Directed
Princess Raccoon 2005 Pistol Opera 2001 Marriage 1993 A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School 1992 Yumeji 1991 Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon 1985 Capone Cries a Lot 1985 Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames 1983 Kazoku no sentaku 1983 Cherry Blossoms in Spring 1983 Kagero-za 1981 The Claws of the Divine Beast 1980 Zigeunerweisen 1980 The Fang in the Hole 1979 A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness 1977 A Mummy’s Love 1973 Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel 1968 Branded to Kill 1967 Fighting Elegy 1966 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Carmen from Kawachi 1966 Story of a Prostitute 1965 Tattooed Life 1965 Born Under Crossed Stars 1965 Gate of Flesh 1964 The Flower and the Angry Waves 1964 The Call of Blood 1964 Kanto Wanderer 1963 Youth of the Beast 1963 Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! 1963 The Incorrigible 1963 The Guys Who Put Money on Me 1962 Teenage Yakuza 1962 The Man with a Shotgun 1961 The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass 1961 Tokyo Knights 1961 Blood-Red Water in the Channel 1961 Living by Karate 1961 Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab 1961 Take Aim at the Police Van 1960 Fighting Delinquents 1960 The Sleeping Beast Within 1960 Smashing the 0-Line 1960 Everything Goes Wrong 1960 Passport to Darkness 1959 Love Letter 1959 Age of Nudity 1959 Underworld Beauty 1958 Voice Without a Shadow 1958 The Boy Who Came Back 1958 Young Breasts 1958 Eight Hours of Terror 1957 Inn of the Floating Weeds 1957 The Naked Woman and the Gun 1957 Victory Is Ours 1956 Satan's Town 1956 Pure Emotions of the Sea 1956
Acting
SOAR: I Wish You Were Here 2015 Milocrorze: A Love Story Gazen 2011 Dreaming Awake 2008 Boy Ryuun Naito 2007 Matouqin Nocturne 2007 What's a Director? 2006 From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' 2005 The Wings of Hakenkreuz 2004 Blessing Bell Old Man's Ghost 2002 The Erotic Empire self 2002 Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter 2002 The Moon 2000 The Last Day 2000 Embalming 1999 Sleepless Town Ye Xiaodan 1998 The Story of PuPu Old Man 1998 Let's Get Happy 1998 Yurika-chan Grandpa 1997 Ki no ue no sogyo 1997 Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You 1996 Sure Death 6 1996 Cold Fever Hirata's Grandfather 1995 My Beloved Ultraseven Eiji Tsuburaya 1993 Pachinko Graffiti 1992 Discontinuous Bombing Incident 1991 The Rain Women 1990 Virgin Road 1989 Shiro and Marilyn Vet 1988 Double Bed Man in Bar 1983 MOMENT 1981
Other Credits
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers Supervising Art Director 1995 Daughter of Time Idea 1980 Semyonov's Gold Ingots Screenplay 1956 Evil Reward Assistant Director 1956 Passion and Rifle Bullets Screenplay 1955 Duel at Sundown Screenplay 1955 My Pistol Is Quick Assistant Director 1954 The Black Current Assistant Director 1954
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