Director

Seijun Suzuki

Directing: 1957 — 2001 · 19 films
Lived: 24 May 1923 — d. 2017
From: Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan

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.

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