Seijun Suzuki

Reżyseria, Scenariusz, Aktor, Produkcja

24 maja 1923 — 13 lutego 2017 (93 years)
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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Known For

  • Namaszczony do zabijania
    Namaszczony do zabijania1967
  • Człowiek z Tokio
    Człowiek z Tokio1966
  • Młodość Bestii
    Młodość Bestii1963
  • Brama ciał
    Brama ciał1964
  • Zigeunerweisen
    Zigeunerweisen1980
  • Story of a Prostitute
    Story of a Prostitute1965
  • Urodzony Wojownik
    Urodzony Wojownik1966
  • Pistol Opera
    Pistol Opera2001
  • Take Aim at the Police Van
    Take Aim at the Police Van1960
  • Życie faceta z tatuażami
    Życie faceta z tatuażami1965
  • Biuro detektywistyczne 2-3 Idźcie do piekła, dranie!
    Biuro detektywistyczne 2-3 Idźcie do piekła, dranie!1963
  • Kagero-za
    Kagero-za1981
  • Yumeji
    Yumeji1991
  • Princess Raccoon
    Princess Raccoon2005
  • Underworld Beauty
    Underworld Beauty1958
  • Lupin III: Babylon no Gon Densetsu
    Lupin III: Babylon no Gon Densetsu1985
  • Eight Hours of Terror
    Eight Hours of Terror1957
  • Kanto wspaniały
    Kanto wspaniały1963
  • A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
    A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness1977
  • Zimny dreszcz
    Zimny dreszcz1995

Filmografia

1971
1967
Branded to Kill · as Screenplay
1959
1955
Rakûjitsu no kettô · as Screenplay

2011
2008
2002
Blessing Bell · as Old Man's Ghost
1999
1999
The Tax G-Men 3 · as Cast
1998
1998
Sleepless Town · as Ye Xiaodan
1998
The Story of Pupu · as Old Man
1997
1996
1996
Sunflower · as Yaichi Terasaki
1995
Cold Fever · as Hirata's Grandfather
1990
1990
1983
Double Bed · as Man In Bar
1980

2018
The Oscars · as Self - Director (in Memoriam)
2002
Seijun Suzuki. Kabuki & Yakuzas · as Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter

2005
Princess Raccoon · as Executive Producer

1955
Rakûjitsu no kettô · as Assistant Director
1954
Ore no kenjû wa subayai · as Assistant Director
1954
Kuroi ushio · as Assistant Director