Seijun Suzuki — Director (29)
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A Mummy’s Love (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ミイラ の 恋
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Yūsuke Kawazu / Atsushi Yamatoya …
other title: ミイラ の 恋
In post-war Japan, a publisher goes to visit her former teacher for help on a modern translation of a legend about a mummified Buddhist monk who was revived and who, centuries later, turned into a sex demon who terrorized a village in pre-modern Japan.
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Love Letter (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
らぶれたあ
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hisako Tsukuba / Frank Nagai …
other title: らぶれたあ
A nightclub manager is in love with his pianist. However, she has a ranger boyfriend who's been permanently stationed in the mountain wilderness. Their only communication is by letter. As time passes the correspondence slows to a trickle. Then nothing. The manager persuades the girl to visit the boy. She does, but she's totally unprepared for her bizarre discovery.
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
悲愁物語
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Yōko Shiraki / Kyōko Enami …
other title: Story of Sorrow and Sadness / 悲愁物語 …
A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.
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Everything Goes Wrong (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
すべてが狂ってる
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Yoshiko Nezu …
other title: On devient tous fous / すべてが狂ってる …
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
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Capone Cries a Lot (1985) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB IMDb
カポネ大いに泣く
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Yuko Tanaka …
other title: カポネ大いに泣く
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
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Underworld Beauty (1958) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
暗黒街の美女
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Mari Shiraki …
other title: 暗黒街の美女
The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.
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Fighting Elegy (1966) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
けんかえれじい
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hideki Takahashi / Yūsuke Kawazu …
other title: Elegia della lotta / Elégie de la bagarre …
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
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Voice Without a Shadow (1958) [Movie] TMDB
影なき声
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Yôko Minamida / Hideaki Nitani …
other title: 影なき声
Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
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Pistol Opera (2001) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
ピストルオペラ
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Makiko Esumi / Sayoko Yamaguchi …
other title: ピストルオペラ / Ópera de Pistola …
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
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Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
１３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Mari Shiraki …
other title: Assalto al blindato / １３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Gate of Flesh (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
肉体の門
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Kōji Wada …
other title: Le professioniste dell'amore / 肉体の門 …
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
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Youth of the Beast (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣の青春
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Misako Watanabe …
other title: La giovinezza di una belva umana / 野獣の青春 …
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Joe Shishido / Reiko Sasamori …
other title: Ufficio investigativo 23: Crepate Bastardi! / Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards! …
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
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Tokyo Drifter (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
東京流れ者
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tetsuya Watari / Ryuji Kita …
other title: Deriva a Tokyo - Il vagabondo di Tokyo / Tóquio Violenta …
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
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Kanto Wanderer (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
関東無宿
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Akira Kobayashi / Chieko Matsubara …
other title: 関東無宿 / Il vagabondo del Kanto
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.