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FILM DIRECTOR

Seijun Suzuki

1923 - 2017

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Seijun Suzuki (鈴木 清順, Suzuki Seijun), born Seitaro Suzuki (鈴木 清太郎, Suzuki Seitarō) (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seijun Suzuki has received more than 395,624 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Seijun Suzuki is the 489th most popular film director (down from 466th in 2019), the 723rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 698th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Seijun Suzuki ranks 489 out of 1,581. Before him are Yves Allégret, Asghar Farhadi, Walter Ruttmann, Václav Vorlíček, Lindsay Anderson, and Elio Petri. After him are Hal Ashby, Néstor Almendros, David Byrne, Olivier Assayas, Adam McKay, and Walter Frentz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Seijun Suzuki ranks 139. Before him are Hans Riegel, Mario Brega, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Onofre Marimón, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and Lindsay Anderson. After him are Pahiño, Gordon Mitchell, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Edward Mulhare, Arthur Hiller, and Antonio Quarracino. Among people deceased in 2017, Seijun Suzuki ranks 155. Before him are Bayezid Osman, Anne Golon, Quett Masire, Robert James Waller, Shadia, and Joachim Meisner. After him are Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Raymond Smullyan, Richard Anderson, Mustafa Tlass, William Peter Blatty, and Igor Shafarevich.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Seijun Suzuki ranks 723 out of 6,048. Before him are Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Keisuke Okada (1868), and Katō Takaaki (1860). After him are Takeo Wakabayashi (1907), Mie Hama (1943), Misao Tamai (1903), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), and Michio Yasuda (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Seijun Suzuki ranks 25. Before him are Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Takashi Miike (1960), and Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927). After him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Juzo Itami (1933), and Keisuke Kinoshita (1912).

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Filmography

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