Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1923-05-24
Deathday: 2017-02-13 (93 years old)

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.


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Filmography

all 94

Movies 91

Director 62

self 3

TV Shows 3

Screenplay 1

Writer 1

Ryuun Naito
Boy

Boy (2007)

Movie
Hospital director Komine
Ki no ue no sogyo

Ki no ue no sogyo (1997)

Movie
Hirata's Grandfather
Cold Fever

Cold Fever (1995)

Movie
Director / Screenplay
Branded to Kill

Branded to Kill (1967)

Movie
4.25
Screenplay / Assistant Director
Passion and Rifle Bullets

Passion and Rifle Bullets (1955)

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1923-05-24

Deathday
2017-02-13 (93 years old)

Birth Name
Seitaro Suzuki

Birth Place
Nihonbashi-ku, Japan

Siblings
Kenji Suzuki

Citizenships
Empire of Japan, Japan

Also Known As
Seitaro Suzuki, 鈴木清太郎, Hachiro Guryu, 具流八郎, 스즈키 세이준, Сэйдзюн Судзуки, 세이준 스즈키

Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Medal with Purple Ribbon

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