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Tag Archives: Seijun Suzuki
Satan’s Town AKA Akuma no machi (1956) Seijun Suzuki, Seizaburô Kawazu, Ichirô Sugai, Azusa Yumi
A notorious murderer Oba escapes from jail. Hayasaki, the Oba’s right hand Read More »
Passport to Darkness AKA Ankoku no ryoken (1959) Seijun Suzuki, Ryôji Hayama, Tamaki Sawa, Mari Shiraki
A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step Read More »
Everything Goes Wrong AKA Subete ga kurutteru (1960) Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Yoshiko Nezu, Sayuri Yoshinaga
The young rebel Juro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab AKA Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »
Fighting Elegy AKA Kenka erejî (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Hideki Takahashi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Junko Asano
In Okayama in the mid-1930s, Kiroku attends high school and boards with a Catholic family whose daughter, Michiko, captures his heart. Read More »
Tokyo Drifter AKA Tôkyô nagaremono (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
Tokyo Drifter stands with Branded to Kill as one of the best-known and most acclaimed films of Seijun Suzuki, one of Japan’s most talented maverick directors. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness AKA Hishu monogatari (1977) Seijun Suzuki, Kyôko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada
A female golfer who has exceeded expectations to reach the top not only has to contend with being in-demand Read More »
Our Blood Will Not Forgive (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father. Read More »
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Nobuo Kaneko
A carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels traveling circus troupe. Read More »
The Incorrigible (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Ken Yamauchi, Masako Izumi, Midori Tashiro
A teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. Read More »
A Hell Of A Guy (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mitsuo Sagawa, Mayumi Shimizu
Wada Koji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. Read More »
Tattooed Life (1965) Seijun Suzuki, Hideki Takahashi, Masako Izumi, Akira Yamauchi
‘Tattooed Life’ begins with a parasol wielding Yakuza assassin attacking a rickshaw. Read More »
Age Of Nudity (1959) Seijun Suzuki, Keiichirô Akagi, Kyôko Hori, Bokuzen Hidari
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. Read More »