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 422,346 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Seijun Suzuki is the 523rd most popular film director (down from 488th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from Japan (down from 721st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 20

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  • 3.31

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  • 2.70

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Seijun Suzuki ranks 523 out of 2,041. Before him are Néstor Almendros, James Wong, Luis García Berlanga, Claude Autant-Lara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Peter Yates. After him are Tom Tykwer, Benoît Jacquot, Ulrich Seidl, Mikhail Romm, Gorō Miyazaki, and Ken Annakin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Seijun Suzuki ranks 153. Before him are Pahiño, Faas Wilkes, Maria Gripe, Ferenc Szusza, Constantin Dăscălescu, and Ann Miller. After him are Shoshana Damari, Onofre Marimón, Holden Roberto, Albert Vanhoye, Lindsay Anderson, and Gustavo Rojo. Among people deceased in 2017, Seijun Suzuki ranks 175. Before him are Igor Volk, Roger Walkowiak, Vito Acconci, Gastone Moschin, Michael Parks, and Shashi Kapoor. After him are Joachim Meisner, Dritëro Agolli, Linda Nochlin, Albert Zafy, Hilarion Capucci, and Robert M. Pirsig.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Seijun Suzuki ranks 776 out of 6,245. Before him are Shō Hashi (1371), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Kengo Kuma (1954), and Koji Sasaki (1936). After him are Daidō Moriyama (1938), Ichiji Otani (1912), Sho Kosugi (1948), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), and Prince Koreyasu (1264).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Seijun Suzuki ranks 26. Before him are Kon Ichikawa (1915), Takashi Miike (1960), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955). After him are Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Rintaro (1941), Juzo Itami (1933), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), and Yoji Yamada (1931).

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Filmography

Branded to Kill
Director
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Jun 15o 19677.2 / 10
Tokyo Drifter
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After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
Apr 10o 19667.1 / 10
Youth of the Beast
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When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
Apr 21o 19636.9 / 10