Seijun Suzuki

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Attore, Produttore

24 maggio 1923 — 13 febbraio 2017 (93 anni)
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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Famoso per

  • La farfalla sul mirino
    La farfalla sul mirino1967
  • Deriva a Tokyo - Il vagabondo di Tokyo
    Deriva a Tokyo - Il vagabondo di Tokyo1966
  • La giovinezza di una belva umana
    La giovinezza di una belva umana1963
  • Le professioniste dell'amore
    Le professioniste dell'amore1964
  • Melodie zigane
    Melodie zigane1980
  • Storia di una prostituta
    Storia di una prostituta1965
  • Elegia della lotta
    Elegia della lotta1966
  • Pistol Opera
    Pistol Opera2001
  • Assalto al blindato
    Assalto al blindato1960
  • Tattooed Life
    Tattooed Life1965
  • Ufficio investigativo 23: Crepate Bastardi!
    Ufficio investigativo 23: Crepate Bastardi!1963
  • Lupin III - La leggenda dell'oro di Babilonia
    Lupin III - La leggenda dell'oro di Babilonia1985
  • Il teatro delle illusioni
    Il teatro delle illusioni1981
  • Yumeji
    Yumeji1991
  • Operetta tanuki goten
    Operetta tanuki goten2005
  • Underworld Beauty
    Underworld Beauty1958
  • Eight Hours of Terror
    Eight Hours of Terror1957
  • Il vagabondo del Kanto
    Il vagabondo del Kanto1963
  • Storia di dolore e tristezza
    Storia di dolore e tristezza1977
  • Cold Fever
    Cold Fever1995

Filmografia

Seijun Suzuki Film e programmi televisivi - Plex