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Encyclopedia > Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki (鈴木 清順 Suzuki Seijun, born 24 May 1923 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. Working for the Nikkatsu studio, he made over 40 B-movies between 1956 and 1967. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nihombashi (the bridge) Marker from which distances are measured Nihombashi (or Nihonbashi, 日本橋, lit. ... Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The Nikkatsu Corporation (日活株式会社) is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. ...


Suzuki's style grew more eccentric over time, particularly from 1963 onwards, and his most famous works – including the yakuza thrillers Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Branded to Kill (1967) – are known for their surrealistic irreverence. After Branded to Kill, however, Nikkatsu President Kyusaku Hori fired him for "making films that didn't make any sense and didn't make any money." Despite the support of younger directors and successfully suing the studio over his dismissal, Suzuki was effectively blacklisted from making films in Japan for ten years. Yakuza (from Japanese やくざ or ヤクザ), also known as gokudō, are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan. ... Branded to Kill (殺しの烙印; Koroshi no Rakuin) is a 1967 film by Japanese director Suzuki Seijun starring Shishido Jo, Ogawa Mariko, Mari Annu and Nambara Koji. ... Branded to Kill (殺しの烙印; Koroshi no Rakuin) is a 1967 film by Japanese director Suzuki Seijun starring Shishido Jo, Ogawa Mariko, Mari Annu and Nambara Koji. ...


Suzuki later directed Yumeji (1991), and recently remade/parodied Branded to Kill as Pistol Opera (2001), with Esumi Makiko replacing Shishido Jo as the number 3 killer. In 2005, he directed Princess Raccoon a musical love story. Pistol Opera is a 2001 film by Japanese director Suzuki Seijun starring Esumi Makiko. ... Makiko Esumi (江角マキコ Esumi Makiko), née Makiko Hirano (平野真紀子 Hirano Makiko, born 18 December 1966 in Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese model and actress. ... Princess Raccoon (Operetta Tanuki Goten) is a 2005 Japanese film, directed by Seijun Suzuki. ...


External links

  • Seijun Suzuki (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840671/) at the Internet Movie Database
  • Seijun Suzuki's JMDb Listing (http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0376830.htm) (in Japanese)

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Chicago Reader Movie Review (1083 words)
Suzuki, who turned 80 last May, directed at least 40 quickie features at the Nikkatsu studio between 1956 and 1967 -- practically all of them B films in the original sense of that term, meaning features designed to accompany A pictures.
A Suzuki support group was duly formed, and Suzuki sued the studio, as he later put it, "to protect my dignity." A full decade would pass before he directed another theatrical feature, and he never returned to Nikkatsu.
Suzuki's protracted hiatus from filmmaking may be partly responsible for the sense of manic overdrive.
Seijun Suzuki: Authority in Minority (3842 words)
A filmography of Seijun Suzuki is included at the end of this essay.
On a micro level, Suzuki invites his audience to view his movies in apparently unstructured blocks or collages, but on a macro level, his pictures are fulfilments, epiphanies, and yes, prophecies of a kind.
Suzuki's sense of humour seeps through his use of music in the pop-ballad style, as with the irresistable "Ballad of the Tokyo Drifter", Tetsu's theme song that he himself sings in the snow before springing into action.
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