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Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

Japanese film director
May 24, 1923 (February 13, 2017)
Jap. 1991. Fantasy by Seijun Suzuki with Kenji Sawada, Yoshio Harada, Tomoko Mariya. A painter and poet gets involved with a beautiful widow, becoming a rival of her dead husband's ghost and the jealous lover who murdered him.
Runtime: 128 min.
Jap. 1981. Thriller by Seijun Suzuki with Yusaku Matsuda, Michiyo Yasuda, Eriko Kusuta. In the 1920s, a playwright falls in love with a woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Runtime: 139 min.
Jap. 1980. Horror by Seijun Suzuki with Toshiya Fujita, Naoko Otani, Yoshio Harada. On vacation, two teacher friends fall in love with the same geisha.
Runtime: 144 min.

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

V.O.: A Story of Sorrow and Sadness
Jap. 1977. Drama by Seijun Suzuki with Yoko Shiraki, Kyoko Enami, Yoshio Harada. An ex-model, who turns out to be good at golf, attracts the lust of several men, including a dangerous stalker.
Runtime: 93 min.

Branded to Kill

V.O.: Koroshi no rakuin
Jap. 1967. Mores drama by Seijun Suzuki with Jo Shishido, Kôji Nanbara, Annu Mari. After missing a contract because a butterfly landed on his gun, a hitman becomes the target of a more seasoned colleague.
Runtime: 91 min.

Tokyo Drifter

V.O.: Tōkyō nagaremono
Jap. 1966. Mores drama by Seijun Suzuki with Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani.
Runtime: 89 min.
Jap. 1966. Comedy by Seijun Suzuki with Tamio Kawaji, Koji Wada, Yumiko Nogawa. Fleeing her countryside, a young woman becomes a hostess in an Osaka bar, where she is approached by the bisexual female director of a modeling agency.
Runtime: 89 min.

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!

V.O.: Tantei jimusho nijusan-kutabare akutodome
Jap. 1963. Thriller by Seijun Suzuki with Tamio Kawaji, Reiko Sasamori, Jo Shishido. A police detective in charge of recovering stolen firearms fights a bloody and ruthless battle against two criminal gangs.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Incorrigible

V.O.: Akutaro
Jap. 1963. Drama by Seijun Suzuki with Midori Tashiro, Masako Izumi, Ken Yamauchi. Dismissed from his high school, a violent teenager falls in love with a female pupil at his new school.
Runtime: 95 min.

Kanto Wanderer

V.O.: Kanto Mushuku
Jap. 1963. Drama by Seijun Suzuki with Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daizaburo Hirata. The bodyguard of a yakuza clan finds himself at the center of a violent power play led by a greedy rival boss.
Runtime: 92 min.
Jap. 1961. Thriller by Seijun Suzuki with Hideaki Nitani, Izumi Ashikawa, Yuji Odaka. A shotgun-wielding wanderer arrives in a remote mountain town and quickly becomes involved in the intrigues of the residents.
Runtime: 84 min.

Eight Hours of Terror

V.O.: Hachijikan no kyofu
Jap. 1957. Thriller by Seijun Suzuki with Nobuo Kaneko, Harue Tone. After their train has been halted by a storm, a group of passengers take a shuttle bus, soon taken over by two sadistic gangsters.
Runtime: 78 min.
Jap. 1956. Thriller by Seijun Suzuki with Seizaburô Kawazu, Ichiro Sugai, Azusa Yumi. A notorious murderer escapes and plans a bank robbery, while plotting revenge against the police officer responsible for his incarceration.
Runtime: 83 min.

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