Direction: Seijun Suzuki
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Seijun Suzuki. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Cherry Blossoms in Spring (TV)
1983 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Jun Fubuki · Masatô Ibu
Plot A man looking to transplant cherry blossoms along the countryside encounters a blind woman who accompanies him for the journey.
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Blood-Red Water in the Channel
1961 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Kôji Wada · Ryoji Hayama · Yuriko Hanabusa · Mayumi Shimizu
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The Bastard
1963 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Ken Yamauchi · Masako Izumi · Midori Tashiro · Chiharu Kuri
Plot Suzuki finds Takeo Kimura - a like-minded collaborator who will help him refine his style and a partner who will give him the strength to challenge the corporate bosses who...
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The Naked Woman and the Gun
1957 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Michitaro Mizushima · Mari Shiraki · Ichiro Sugai · Sumiko Minami
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The Boy Who Came Back
1958 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Sachiko Hidari · Akira Kobayashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Toru Abe
Plot Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. Keiko, a young woman from a private organization specialized...
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The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Kôji Wada · Mayumi Shimizu · Shin Morikawa · Arihiro Fujimura
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The Man with a Shotgun
1961 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Hideaki Nitani · Yôko Minamida · Yûji Odaka · Izumi Ashikawa
Plot Called a mukokuseki (a no nationality Western, it's assembled like an American Western, but features a trucker hero instead of a cowboy. And, akin to Roy Rogers and Gene Autry,...
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Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames
1983 · Movie · 44 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Rino Katase · Tetsurô Sagawa · Sanae Tsuchida
Plot Four secret agents investigate a series of mysterious fires in a small town in Edo-era Japan. Could it be connected to a strange man in an eyepatch who just came...
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Our Blood Will Not Forgive
1964 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Yuri Hase · Chikako Hosokawa · Shôbun Inoue · Akira Kobayashi
Plot Two brothers who seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father.
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Tokyo Knight
1961 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Kôji Wada · Yoshiko Nezu · Mayumi Shimizu · Yôko Minamida
Plot Suzuki rebels against the studio. In a defiant move, he took this story of a high school student who inherits his gangster father's business, and turned it into a comedy....
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A Hell of a Guy
1961 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Kôji Wada · Mayumi Shimizu · Izumi Ashikawa · Ichiro Sugai
Plot Koji Wada is a roller skating instructor who wins the heart of a girl by beating up a thug bothering her in a bar.
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Kôji Wada · Tamio Kawaji · Yôko Minamida · Ryoji Hayama
Plot An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, concentrating...
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Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star
1965 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Michie Azuma · Yôko Benisawa · Hiroshi Chô · Ryuichi Fujiyama
Plot A poetic but minor endeavor about a boy from a dysfunctional family who’s in love with two different girls.
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Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our Grasp
1956 · Movie · 65 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Keiko Amaji · Shinsuke Maki · Sumiko Minami · Ko Mishima
Plot A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam.
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Satan's Town
1956 · Movie · 79 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Seizaburô Kawazu · Ichiro Sugai · Azusa Yumi · Akitake Kôno
Plot A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. The film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a...
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