Seijun Suzuki

Directeur, Scénariste, Acteur, Producteur

24 mai 1923 — 13 février 2017 (93 ans)
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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Connue pour

  • La Marque du Tueur
    La Marque du Tueur1967
  • Le Vagabond de Tokyo
    Le Vagabond de Tokyo1966
  • La jeunesse de la bête
    La jeunesse de la bête1963
  • La Barrière de chair
    La Barrière de chair1964
  • Mélodie tzigane
    Mélodie tzigane1980
  • Histoire d'une prostituée
    Histoire d'une prostituée1965
  • Elégie de la bagarre
    Elégie de la bagarre1966
  • Pistol Opera
    Pistol Opera2001
  • Take Aim at the Police Van
    Take Aim at the Police Van1960
  • La vie d'un tatoué
    La vie d'un tatoué1965
  • Detective bureau 2-3 : Crevez vermines
    Detective bureau 2-3 : Crevez vermines1963
  • Edgar de la Cambriole : L'Or de Babylone
    Edgar de la Cambriole : L'Or de Babylone1985
  • Brumes de Chaleur
    Brumes de Chaleur1981
  • Yumeji
    Yumeji1991
  • Princess Raccoon
    Princess Raccoon2005
  • Underworld Beauty
    Underworld Beauty1958
  • La Terreur des 8 heures
    La Terreur des 8 heures1957
  • Kanto Wanderer
    Kanto Wanderer1963
  • A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
    A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness1977
  • Cold Fever
    Cold Fever1995

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