Seijun Suzuki Movies

Young gangster wannabe is framed for a murder and sent to prison.

When a man who as a student wanted to burn down his school meets a man years later, his new friend falls in love with the former female class-mate...

On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.

A police detective tries to investigate the mystery of a victim who was shot in the head, but no bullet was found.

A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman giving birth in a graveyard in the former...

An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the...

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

With a single appointment letter, Tokyo University graduate Kohei's bright future and relationship with his high class girlfriend is turned...

A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual...

Three cinephile university students have a go at making their own Super-8 film.

Made for in 2005, this video interview features director Seijun Suzuki and production designer Takeo Kimura. These longtime collaborators discuss the...

A semi-autobiographical film about a young man from Tokyo who moves to Hirosaki in the early Shōwa era. A straight-to-video production made for...

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

A delirious and psychedelic TV short by Suzuki.

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art...