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Born in Tokyo in 1923, Seijun Suzuki directed 42 films for Nikkatsu, averaging on about four a year, and he claims he could edit each in about a day. Despite being lauded by the critics for his unique visual style, as far as the general public and Nikkatsu president Kyusaku Hori were concerned by the mid-60s Suzuki’s approach was beginning to spin rapidly out of control.Read More »
Seijun Suzuki
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Seijun Suzuki – Koroshi no rakuin AKA Branded to Kill (1967)
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Seijun Suzuki – Pisutoru opera AKA Pistol Opera (2001)
2001-2010ActionAsianJapanSeijun SuzukiAs powerful and energetic as ever, 78-year old director Seijun Suzuki creates a stunningly lurid, extreme tale of a woman assassin’s (new sensation Makiko Esumi) surreal rise in the criminal underworld. Thirty-three years later, this master of the pulp thriller reworks his own Branded To Kill into a totally new, jaw-dropping experience! The original Branded To Kill (1976, Koroshi No Rakun starring Jo Shishido. Mariko Ogawa, Anne Mari) is the stylish action movie that has been the subject of homage from world-class directors such as John Woo, Quentin Tarantino, and Jim Jarmusch. Its eccentric, eye-popping images and extreme action is fast earning Pistol Opera a worldwide cult following.Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki – Kenka erejî AKA Fighting Elegy (1966)
1961-1970ActionDramaJapanSeijun SuzukiDuring the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a Catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, the young man channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki – Blood-Red Water In The Channel (1961)
Seijun Suzuki1961-1970ActionAsianJapanNikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki’s growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of “real coast guard action stories” was the perfect vehicle for Koji Wada. Whatever negative press he had received for Tokyo Knights was quickly forgotten.
He became the new “teen star.” And Suzuki: “the director to watch.”Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki – Hana fubuki: Hono ni mau ichiban matoi AKA Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames (1983)
1981-1990JapanMysterySeijun SuzukiTVFour secret agents investigate a series of mysterious fires in a small town in Edo-era Japan. This is an episode of the TV Series “Oedo Sochi-mo,” which follows the same group of secret agents as they solve a variety of mysteries.Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki – Ankoku no Ryoken AKA Passport To Darkness (1959)
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The story deals with a trombone player, Ibuki, who’s taking a “working” honeymoon with his wife. While they travel via train to the next gig, his wife disappears. Thinking she left him, Ibuki drowns his sorrow in beer. Depressed, he returns home to find her dead body. The police immediately suspect him, but he escapes and goes into the underground to find the real killer.Read More » -
Seijun Suzuki – Chin Shun-shin no “Shinju no tsume” AKA Chin Shun-shin’s “The Claws of the Divine Beast” (1980)
1971-1980JapanMysterySeijun SuzukiTVBased on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Yang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki – Ana no kiba AKA The Fang in the Hole (1979)
1971-1980JapanMysterySeijun SuzukiTVA police detective tries to investigate the mystery of a victim who was shot in the head, but no bullet was found. From the Sunday Horror Series.Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki – Hyakuman Doru O Tatakidase AKA Million Dollar Smash-And-Grab (1961)
1961-1970AsianDramaJapanSeijun SuzukiA boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. The two boys eventually face each other in the ring.Read More »