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Seijun Suzuki

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Geboren
24. Mai 1923 · Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Gestorben
13. Februar 2017

Biografie

Seijun Suzuki born Seitaro Suzuki (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017) was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide 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 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 Taishō Trilogy, Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981) and Yumeji (1991). His films remained widely unknown outside of Japan until a series of theatrical retrospectives beginning in the mid 1980s, home video releases of key films such as Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter in the late 1990s and tributes by such acclaimed filmmakers as Jim Jarmusch, Takeshi Kitano, Wong Kar-wai and Quentin Tarantino signaled his international discovery. Suzuki has continued making films, albeit sporadically. In Japan, he is more commonly recognized as an actor for his numerous roles in Japanese films and television. He passed away on February 13th, 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Seijun Suzuki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Branded to Kill
Branded to Kill
Film · 1967 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Tokyo Drifter - Der Mann aus Tokio
Tokyo Drifter - Der Mann aus Tokio
Film · 1966 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Lupin III.
Lupin III.
Serie · 1971 · ★ 8,0
Poster zu Jagd auf die Bestie
Jagd auf die Bestie
Film · 1963 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu Nakito - Profis der Liebe
Nakito - Profis der Liebe
Film · 1964 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu Lupin III The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Lupin III The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Film · 1985 · ★ 6,1
Poster zu ツィゴイネルワイゼン
ツィゴイネルワイゼン
Film · 1980 · ★ 6,5
Poster zu Nackt und verdammt
Nackt und verdammt
Film · 1965 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Film · 1995 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu けんかえれじい
けんかえれじい
Film · 1966 · ★ 7,0
Poster zu 夢二
夢二
Film · 1991 · ★ 6,4
Poster zu 陽炎座
陽炎座
Film · 1981 · ★ 6,6

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