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
Boy (2007)
Princess Raccoon (2005)
Blessing Bell (2002)
Pistol Opera (2001)
The Moon (2000)
Sleepless Town (1998)
Ki no ue no sogyo (1997)
Yurika-chan (1997)
Cold Fever (1995)
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995)
Marriage (1993)
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School (1992)
Yumeji (1991)
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
Kazoku no sentaku (1983)
Double Bed (1983)
Kagero-za (1981)
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
The Fang in the Hole (1979)
A Mummy’s Love (1973)
Branded to Kill (1967)
Fighting Elegy (1966)
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Carmen from Kawachi (1966)
Tattooed Life (1965)
The Call of Blood (1964)
Gate of Flesh (1964)
Kanto Wanderer (1963)
The Incorrigible (1963)
Youth of the Beast (1963)
Teenage Yakuza (1962)
Living by Karate (1961)
Tokyo Knights (1961)
Fighting Delinquents (1960)
Smashing the 0-Line (1960)
Age of Nudity (1959)
Passport to Darkness (1959)
Love Letter (1959)
Young Breasts (1958)
Underworld Beauty (1958)
Satan's Town (1956)
Semyonov's Gold Ingots (1956)
Victory is Ours (1956)
Passion and Rifle Bullets (1955)
The Black Current (1954)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-05-24
Deathday2017-02-13 (93 years old)
Birth NameSeitaro Suzuki
Birth PlaceNihonbashi-ku, Japan
SiblingsKenji Suzuki
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsSeitaro Suzuki, 鈴木清太郎, Hachiro Guryu, 具流八郎, 스즈키 세이준, Сэйдзюн Судзуки, 세이준 스즈키
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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