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-'''Seijun Suzuki''' born [[May 24]], [[1923]], is a [[Japan]]ese [[film director]]. 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-movie]]s for the [[Nikkatsu|Nikkatsu Company]] between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the [[yakuza film|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 was [[blacklist]]ed for 10 years. As an independent filmmaker he won critical acclaim and a [[Japanese Academy Award]] for his Taishō Trilogy, ''[[Zigeunerweisen (film)|Zigeunerweisen]]'' (1980), ''[[Kagero-za]]'' (1981) and ''[[Yumeji]]'' (1991). +'''Seijun Suzuki''' (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a [[Japanese filmmaker]], actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their [[jarring]] visual style, [[irreverent]] [[humour]], [[nihilistic]] [[cool]] and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately [[B-movie]]s for the [[Nikkatsu]] Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the [[yakuza film|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 as his magnum opus, ''[[Branded to Kill]]'' (1967), starring notable collaborator [[Joe Shishido]]. Suzuki successfully sued the studio for [[wrongful dismissal]], but he was [[blacklist]]ed for 10 years after that. As an independent filmmaker, he won [[critical acclaim]] and a [[Japanese Academy Award]] for his Taishō Trilogy, ''[[Zigeunerweisen (film)|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 90s and tributes by such acclaimed filmmakers as [[Jim Jarmusch]], [[Takeshi Kitano]], [[Wong Kar-wai]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]] signaled his international discovery. Suzuki continued making films, albeit sporadically. He has [[emphysema]] and, due to health concerns, as of 2006, has no plans to direct further projects. In Japan, he is more commonly recognized as an actor for his numerous roles in Japanese films and television.+
-==Filmography==+
-This is an incomplete '''filmography of [[Seijun Suzuki]]'''.+
- +
-==Film work as director==+
-{| class="wikitable" width="100%"+
-|-+
-! Year !! Title !! Japanese !! Romanization+
-|-+
-| rowspan=3 style=background:#efefef; | 1956 +
-| ''[[Victory Is Mine]]''+
-| 港の乾杯 勝利をわが手に+
-| ''Minato no kanpei: Shori o wagate ni''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Pure Emotions of the Sea]]''+
-| 帆綱は唄う 海の純情+
-| ''Hozuna wa utau: Umi no junjo+
-|-+
-| ''[[Satan's Town]]''+
-| 悪魔の街+
-| ''Akuma no machi''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| rowspan=3 style=background:#efefef; | 1957 +
-| ''[[Inn of the Floating Weeds]]''+
-| 浮草の宿+
-| ''Ukigusa no yado''+
-|-+
-| ''[[Eight Hours of Terror]]''+
-| 8時間の恐怖+
-| ''Hachijikan no kyōfu''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[The Naked Woman and the Gun]]''+
-| 裸女と拳銃+
-| ''Rajo to kenjū''+
-|-+
-| rowspan=4 style=background:#efefef; | 1958+
-| ''[[Underworld Beauty]]''+
-| 暗黒街の美女+
-| ''Ankokugai no bijo''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Spring Never Came]]''+
-| 踏みはずした春+
-| ''Fumihazushita haru''+
-|-+
-| ''[[Young Breasts]]''+
-| 青い乳房 +
-| ''Aoi chibusa''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Voice Without a Shadow]]''+
-| 影なき声+
-| ''Kagenaki koe''+
-|-+
-| rowspan=3 style=background:#efefef; | 1959+
-| ''[[Love Letter (1959 film)|Love Letter]]''+
-| らぶれたあ+
-| ''Rabu retaa''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Passport to Darkness]]''+
-| 暗黒の旅券+
-| ''Ankoku no ryoken''+
-|-+
-| ''[[Age of Nudity]]''+
-| 素ッ裸の年令+
-| ''Suppadaka no nenrei''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| rowspan=5 style=background:#efefef; | 1960+
-| ''[[Take Aim at the Police Van]]''+
-| 13号待避線より その護送車を狙え+
-| ''Jūsangō taihisen yori: Sono gosōsha o nerae''+
-|-+
-| ''[[Sleep of the Beast]]''+
-| けものの眠り+
-| ''Kemono no nemuri''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Clandestine Zero Line]]''+
-| 密航0ライン+
-| ''Mikkō zero rain''+
-|-+
-| ''[[Everything Goes Wrong]]''+
-| すべてが狂ってる+
-| ''Subete ga kurutteru''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[Go to Hell, Hoodlums!]]''+
-| くたばれ愚連隊+
-| ''Kutabare gurentai''+
-|- +
-| rowspan=6 style=background:#efefef; | 1961+
-| ''[[Tokyo Knights]]''+
-| 東京騎士隊 +
-| ''Tōkyō naitsu''<br/>or ''Tōkyō kishitai''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[The Big Boss Who Needs No Gun]]''+
-| 無鉄砲大将+
-| ''Muteppō taishō''+
-|-+
-| ''[[Man with a Shotgun]]''+
-| 散弾銃の男+
-| ''Shottogan no otoko''<br/>or ''Sandanjū no otoko''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[A New Wind Over the Mountain Pass]]''+
-| 峠を渡る若い風+
-| ''Tōge o wataru wakai kaze''+
-|- +
-| ''[[Blood Red Water in the Channel]]''+
-| 海峡、血に染めて+
-| ''Kaikyō, chi ni somete''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[Million Dollar Smash and Grab]]''+
-| 百万弗を叩き出せ+
-| ''Hyakuman doru o tatakidase''+
-|-+
-| rowspan=2 style=background:#efefef; | 1962+
-| ''[[Teen Yakuza]]''+
-| ハイティーンやくざ+
-| ''Hai tiin yakuza''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[The Guys Who Put Money on Me]]''+
-| 俺に賭けた奴ら+
-| ''Ore ni kaketa yatsura''+
-|- +
-| rowspan=4 style=background:#efefef; | 1963+
-| ''[[Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards!]]''+
-| 探偵事務所23 くたばれ悪党ども+
-| ''Tantei jimusho 23: Kutabare akutōdomo''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[Youth of the Beast]]''+
-| 野獣の青春+
-| ''Yaju no seishun''+
-|-+
-| ''[[The Bastard (film)|The Bastard]]''+
-| 悪太郎+
-| ''Akutarō''+
-|- style=background:#efefef+
-| ''[[Kanto Wanderer]]''+
-| 関東無宿+
-| ''Kantō mushuku''+
-|- +
-| rowspan=3 style=background:#efefef; | 1964+
-| ''[[The Flower and the Angry Waves]]''+
-| 花と怒濤+
-| ''Hana to dotō''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Gate of Flesh]]''+
-| 肉体の門+
-| ''Nikutai no mon''+
-|- +
-| ''[[Our Blood Will Not Forgive]]''+
-| 俺たちの血が許さない+
-| ''Oretachi no chi ga yurusanai''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| rowspan=3 style=background:#efefef; | 1965+
-| ''[[Story of a Prostitute]]''+
-| 春婦伝+
-| ''Shunpu den''+
-|- +
-| ''[[Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star]]''+
-| 悪太郎伝 悪い星の下でも+
-| ''Akutarō den: Warui hoshi no shita demo''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Tattooed Life]]''+
-| 刺青一代+
-| ''Irezumi ichidai''+
-|- +
-| rowspan=3 style=background:#efefef; | 1966+
-| ''[[Carmen from Kawachi]]''+
-| 河内カルメン+
-| ''Kawachi Karumen''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[Tokyo Drifter]]''+
-| 東京流れ者+
-| ''Tōkyō nagaremono''+
-|- +
-| ''[[Fighting Elegy]]''+
-| けんかえれじい+
-| ''Kenka erejii''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1967+
-| ''[[Branded to Kill]]''+
-| 殺しの烙印+
-| ''Koroshi no rakuin''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1977+
-| ''[[A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness]]''+
-| 悲愁物語+
-| ''Hishū monogatari''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1980+
-| ''[[Zigeunerweisen (film)|Zigeunerweisen]]''+
-| ツィゴイネルワイゼン+
-| ''Tsigoineruwaizen''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1981+
-| ''[[Kagero-za]]''+
-| 陽炎座+
-| ''Kagerō-za''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| rowspan=2 style=background:#efefef; | 1985+
-| ''[[Capone Cries a Lot]]''+
-| カポネ大いに泣く+
-| ''Kapone ōi ni naku''+
-|- +
-| ''[[Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon]]''+
-| ルパン三世 バビロンの黄金伝説+
-| ''Rupan sansei: Babiron no ōgon densetsu''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1991+
-| ''[[Yumeji]]''+
-| 夢二+
-| ''Yumeji''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1993+
-| ''[[Marriage (1993 film)|Marriage]]: Jinnai-Harada Family Chapter'' (segment)+
-| 結婚 陣内・原田御両家篇+
-| ''Kekkon: Jinnai-Harada goryōke hen''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 2001+
-| ''[[Pistol Opera]]''+
-| ピストルオペラ+
-| ''Pisutoru opera''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 2005+
-| ''[[Princess Raccoon]]''+
-| オペレッタ狸御殿+
-| ''Operetta Tanuki Goten''+
-|}+
- +
-==Partial television and video work as director==+
-{| class="wikitable" width="100%"+
-|-+
-! Year !! Title !! Japanese !! Romanization+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1968+
-| ''[[Good Evening Dear Husband]] "A Duel"''+
-| 愛妻くんこんばんは「ある決闘」+
-| ''Aisaikun konban wa: Aru kettō''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1969+
-| ''[[There's a Bird Inside a Man]]''+
-| 男の中には鳥がいる+
-| ''Otoko no naka ni wa tori ga iru''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1970+
-| ''[[A Mummy's Love]]''+
-| 木乃伊の恋+
-| ''Miira no koi''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1979+
-| ''[[The Fang in the Hole]]''+
-| 穴の牙+
-| ''Ana no kiba''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1980+
-| ''[[Chen Wuchen's The Nail of the Holy Beast]]''+
-| 陳舜臣の神獣の爪+
-| ''Chin shushin no shinjū no tsume''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1981+
-| ''[[Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames]]''+
-| 花吹雪炎に舞う一番纏+
-| ''Hana fubuki: Honō ni mau ichiban matoi''+
-|- +
-| rowspan=2 style=background:#efefef; | 1983+
-| ''[[Cherry Blossoms in Spring]]''<br />aka ''Seijun's Different Stages of Cherry Blossoms''+
-| 春桜 ジャパネスク+
-| ''Karu sakura japanesuke''+
-|- style=background:#efefef;+
-| ''[[The Choice of a Family: I'll Kill Your Husband For You]]''+
-| 家族の選択・貴方の亭主を殺してあげる+
-| ''Kazoku no sentaku: Anata no teishu o koroshite ageru''+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1984+
-| ''[[Lupin III Part III]]''+
-| ルパン三世 PartIII+
-| ''Rupan sansei: Pāto surii''+
-|}+
- +
-==Partial film work as actor==+
-{| class="wikitable" width="100%"+
-|-+
-! Year !! Title !! Japanese !! Romanization !! Role !! Director+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1975+
-| ''[[I Can't Wait Until Dark!]]''+
-| 暗くなるまで待てない!+
-| ''Kuraku naru-made matenai!''+
-| +
-| [[Kazuki Omori]]+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1980+
-| ''[[Disciples of Hippocrates]]''+
-| ヒポクラテスたち+
-| ''Hipokuratesutachi''+
-| Mysterious thief+
-| Kazuki Omori+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1995+
-| ''[[Cold Fever]]''+
-| n/a+
-| n/a+
-| Grandfather+
-| [[Friðrik Þór Friðriksson]]+
-|- +
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1997+
-| ''[[Grass Carp Up a Tree]]''+
-| 樹の上の草魚+
-| ''Ki no ue no sōgyo''+
-| Hospital director Komine+
-| [[Atsushi Ishikawa]]+
-|- +
-| rowspan=2 style=background:#efefef; | 1998+
-| ''[[The Story of PuPu]]''+
-| プープーの物語+
-| ''Pūpū no monogatari''+
-| Old man+
-| [[Kensaku Watanabe]]+
-|-+
-| ''[[Sleepless Town]]''+
-| 不夜城+
-| ''Fuyajō''+
-| +
-| [[Chi-Ngai Lee]]+
-|-+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 1999+
-| ''[[EM Embalming]]''+
-| エンバーミング+
-| ''Enbāmingu''+
-| Embalmer's assistant+
-| [[Shinji Aoyama]]+
-|-+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 2002+
-| ''[[Blessing Bell]]''+
-| 幸福の鐘+
-| ''Kōfuku no kane''+
-| Old man's ghost+
-| [[Sabu (director)|Sabu]]+
-|-+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 2004+
-| ''[[Hakenkreuz (film)|Hakenkreuz]]''+
-| ハーケンクロイツの翼+
-| ''Hākenkuroitsu no tsubasa''+
-| +
-| [[Kazuki Katashima]]+
-|-+
-| style=background:#efefef; | 2007+
-| ''[[Matouqin Nocturne]]''+
-| 馬頭琴夜想曲+
-| ''Batōkin yasōkyoku''+
-| +
-| [[Takeo Kimura]]+
-|}+
- +
- +
 +His films remained widely unknown outside 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. Suzuk 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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Seijun Suzuki (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known 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 as 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 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. Suzuk 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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