Masahiro Makino
Suzuki was born in 1933 in Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant director in 1956, learning his craft under Masahiro Makino, Tai Kato and Tomu Uchida. He made his screenwriting debut on director Kōkichi Uchide's 1963 film "Zoku: Tenamonya Sandogasa" (co-written with Takaharu Sawada), and his directorial debut in 1965 with "Osaka Dokonjō Monogatari: Doerai Yatsu", starring Makoto Fujita.