Seijun Suzuki , born Seitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known 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 as 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 TaishÅ Trilogy, Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981) and Yumeji (1991).
Seijun Suzuki
Active - 1956 - 2011 |
Birth - May 24, 1923 |
Death - Feb 13, 2017 |
Genres - Action-Adventure, Crime, Drama, Comedy, Mystery-Suspense
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Subgenres - Yakuza Film, Film Noir, Comedy Drama, Girls with Guns, LGBT-Related Film
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