Seijun Suzuki — Director (57)
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Age of Nudity (1959)
素ッ裸の年令 IMDb TMDB
Seijun Suzuki actor: Keiichirō Akagi / Kyoko Hori …
other title: 素ッ裸の年令
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.
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Story of a Prostitute (1965)
春婦伝
Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Yumiko Nogawa …
other title: Storia di una prostituta / Nackt und verdammt …
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
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A Mummy’s Love (1973)
ミイラ の 恋 IMDb TMDB
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)
らぶれたあ IMDb TMDB
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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Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
すべてが狂ってる WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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Underworld Beauty (1958)
暗黒街の美女
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)
けんかえれじい
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)
影なき声 IMDb TMDB
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)
ピストルオペラ
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)
１３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え IMDb TMDB
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)
肉体の門 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Seijun Suzuki actor: Jō Shishido / Kōji Wada …
other title: Le professioniste dell'amore / Nakito - Profis der Liebe …
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.