Seijun Suzuki - Фильмы

Seijun Suzuki born Seitaro Suzuki (24 май 1923 – 13 февраля 2017) was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned фильм by enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic чувство и чувствительность. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu between Company в 1956 1967 and, most working prolifically in the yakuza жанр. Чувство increasingly сюрреалистичный стиль began to draw the ire of the studio in 1963 and culminated in his ultimate dismissal for what is now считал his magnum opus, Branded to Kill (1967), в главной роли notable collaborator Джо Shishido. Suzuki successfully sued the studio for wrongful dismissal, but he was blacklisted for 10 years after that. As an independent filmmaker, he won critical acclaim and a Japanese Academy Award for his Тайсе Trilogy, Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981) and Yumeji (1991). His films remained widely unknown outside of Japan until a series of theatrical retrospectives beginning in the mid 1980s, home video releases of key films such as Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter in the late 1990s and tributes acclaimed by such filmmakers as Джим Джармуш, Такеши Китано, Вонг Кар-Вай and Квентин Тарантино signaled his discovery international. Suzuki has continued making films, albeit sporadically. In Japan, he is more commonly recognized as an actor for his numerous roles in films and Japanese television. He passed away on February 13th, 2017.