Seijun Suzuki — Director (29)
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The Sleeping Beast Within (1960) [Movie] TMDB
けものの眠り
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Kazuko Yoshiyuki …
other title: けものの眠り / Le Sommeil de la bête
When a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires back at the Yakuza bosses, with destructive consequences.
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The Man with a Shotgun (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
散弾銃の男
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hideaki Nitani / Izumi Ashikawa …
other title: L'Homme à la Mitraillette / 散弾銃の男 …
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
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The Boy Who Came Back (1958) [Movie] TMDB
踏みはずした春
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Sachiko Hidari / Akira Kobayashi …
other title: 踏みはずした春 / Le Printemps a manqué son pas
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
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Teenage Yakuza (1962) [Movie] TMDB
ハイティーンやくざ
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Midori Tashiro …
other title: ハイティーンやくざ
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
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The Incorrigible (1963) [Movie] TMDB
悪太郎
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Ken Yamauchi / Masako Izumi …
other title: 悪太郎
Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.
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Born Under Crossed Stars (1965) [Movie] TMDB
悪太郎伝　悪い星の下でも
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Ken Yamauchi / Yumiko Nogawa …
other title: 悪太郎伝　悪い星の下でも
A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a Japanese spirit of manliness he wins the day.
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Smashing the 0-Line (1960) [Movie] TMDB
密航０ライン
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Yuji Odaka …
other title: 密航０ライン
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
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Eight Hours of Terror (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
８時間の恐怖
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Nobuo Kaneko / Harue Tone …
other title: ８時間の恐怖 / La Terreur des 8 heures
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
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Tokyo Knights (1961) [Movie] TMDB
東京騎士隊
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Kōji Wada / Mayumi Shimizu …
other title: 東京騎士隊 / La Police Montée de Tokyo
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
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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.
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Zigeunerweisen (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ツィゴイネルワイゼン
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Toshiya Fujita / Naoko Ohtani …
other title: Melodie zigane / ツィゴイネルワイゼン …
A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
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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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Branded to Kill (1967) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
殺しの烙印
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Joe Shishido / Kōji Nanbara …
other title: La farfalla sul mirino / La Marque du Tueur …
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) [Movie] TMDB Douban
探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども
director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō 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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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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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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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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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.