Seijun Suzuki
🎂 May 24, 1923 — 🕯️ Feb 13, 2017 (93 years)
Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Seijun Suzuki is a director whose career stretches back to the 1950s. They directed Branded to Kill. Their filmography further includes Tokyo Drifter. Across 70 years they have directed 57 films and 1 TV production, working mainly across genres like thriller, crime, action.
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Story of a Prostitute
1965
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1985
Gate of Flesh
1964
Tokyo Drifter
1966
Branded to Kill
1967
Capone Cries a Lot
1985
Kagero-za
1981
Zigeunerweisen
1980
Take Aim at the Police Van
1960
Yumeji
1991
Kanto Wanderer
1963
The Sleeping Beast Within
1960
Pistol Opera
2001
Fighting Elegy
1966
Carmen from Kawachi
1966
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
Youth of the Beast
1963
The Man with a Shotgun
1961
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Princess Raccoon
2005
Tattooed Life
1965
Teenage Yakuza
1962
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
Underworld Beauty
1958
The Call of Blood
1964
Smashing the 0-Line
1960
Born Under Crossed Stars
1965
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
Age of Nudity
1959
Tokyo Knights
1961
Eight Hours of Terror
1957
Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel
1968
The Incorrigible
1963
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961
Love Letter
1959
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Princess Raccoon
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2005
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Pistol Opera
Director
2001
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Marriage
Director
1993
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Yumeji
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1991
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Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Director
1985
Film
Capone Cries a Lot
Director
1985
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Kazoku no sentaku
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1983
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Kagero-za
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1981
Film
Zigeunerweisen
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1980
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Seijun Suzuki still alive?
Seijun Suzuki passed away on February 13, 2017 at age 93.
What are the most famous roles of Seijun Suzuki?
Seijun Suzuki is best known as a director/writer for Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, Youth of the Beast.
How many movies has Seijun Suzuki directed?
Seijun Suzuki has directed/written 60 films and worked on 2 TV shows.
What was Seijun Suzuki's first movie?
Seijun Suzuki's first credited film was Duel at Sundown (1955).
What is Seijun Suzuki's most recent movie?
Seijun Suzuki's most recent movie is Princess Raccoon (2005).
What are Seijun Suzuki's best movies?
Seijun Suzuki's most acclaimed films include: Branded to Kill (1967), Tokyo Drifter (1966), Youth of the Beast (1963), Gate of Flesh (1964), Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985).
What TV shows has Seijun Suzuki created or directed?
Seijun Suzuki is known for TV work including: Lupin the 3rd, Horror Theater Unbalance.
How long has Seijun Suzuki been working in film?
Seijun Suzuki has been active since 1955 — a career spanning 62 years.
Seijun Suzuki
1923-05-24 · Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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