Seijun Suzuki

, (Seitaro Suzuki; 鈴木 清太郎; Suzuki Seitarō; 24 May 1923  – 13 February 2017) was a Japanese movie director, actor, and screenwriter. He made 40 B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the yakuza genre.

He won critical acclaim and a Japanese Academy Award for his Taishō Trilogy, Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981) and Yumeji (1991). His movies remained widely unknown outside Japan until a series of theatrical movies beginning in the mid-1980s, home video releases of key movies such as Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter became popular outside of Japan.

Suzuki died on 13 February 2017 at a Tokyo hospital from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 93.

References

Other websites
 Midnight Eye interview: Seijun Suzuki
 Seijun Suzuki: Authority in Minority  at Senses of Cinema
 Cinefiles – An archive containing essays, notes, reviews and book excerpts on Suzuki's films



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