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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Seijun Suzuki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmografi

Yurika-chan1997 · GrandpaSOAR: I Wish You Were Here2015 · Ki no ue no sogyo1997 · Boy2007 · Ryuun NaitoI Can't Wait Until It's Dark!1975 · HimselfThe Rain Women1990 · Sure Death 61996 · Sleepless Town1998 · Ye XiaodanDouble Bed1983 · Man in BarTwist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki2026 · Self (archive footage)The Erotic Empire2002 · selfBlessing Bell2002 · Old Man's GhostDisciples of Hippocrates1980 · Embalming1999 · From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'2005 · Cold Fever1995 · Hirata's GrandfatherMilocrorze: A Love Story2011 · GazenThe Wings of Hakenkreuz2004 · Shiro and Marilyn1988 · VetThe Story of PuPu1998 · Old ManMOMENT1981 · Dreaming Awake2008 · Virgin Road1989 · The Moon2000 ·