Watch movies directed by Seijun Suzuki

Yumeji

Artist Yumeji has gained fame and recognition for his skills at painting as well as notoriety for his untamed lifestyle. Despite his betrothal to a beautiful and timid young woman of high birth, his libido turns to his many female models. Despite this freedom from constraint, his lust and artistic sentiment cause him nothing but an increasing awareness of the elusive embodiment of true Beauty. While traveling he encounters a mesmerizing widow who relentlessly searches for her husband's body ...

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6.6

1991 Drama 128 min Play

6.5

Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon

Master thief Lupin the Third is after the long-lost Gold of Babylon with the aid of his partners Jigen and Goemon. They trek the globe, unraveling clues and dodging the attentions of both the Mafia and the tenacious Inspector Zenigata. While Zenigata enlists a team of five beautiful and determined policewomen to lure Lupin the Third into handcuffs, the race is on. But an elderly drunken woman named Rosetta may be the key to solving the location of this fabulous, ancient treasure.

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6.5

1985 Action 100 min Play

6.7

Kagero-za

A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

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6.7

1981 Fantasy 139 min Play

6.6

Zigeunerweisen

A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.

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6.6

1980 Horror 144 min Play

7.4

Branded to Kill

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

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7.4

1967 Action 91 min Play

7.2

Fighting Elegy

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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7.2

1966 Action 86 min Play

7.2

Tokyo Drifter

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

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7.2

1966 Action 83 min Play

6.7

Born Under Crossed Stars

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a Japanese spirit of manliness he wins the day.

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6.7

1965 Comedy 98 min Play

6.7

Story of a Prostitute

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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6.7

1965 Drama 96 min Play

6.3

The Flower and the Angry Waves

Akira Kobayashi stars as a coal-miner who leads a rebellion against a nasty tyrant.

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6.3

1964 Drama 92 min Play

6.7

Gate of Flesh

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.

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6.7

1964 Drama 90 min Play

6.7

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.

NR

6.7

1963 Action 89 min Play

6.9

Youth of the Beast

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

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6.9

1963 Action 92 min Play

7.1

Tokyo Knights

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

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7.1

1961 Action 81 min Play

7.1

The Man with a Shotgun

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.

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7.1

1961 Action 84 min Play

6.1

Take Aim at the Police Van

A sharpshooter kills two prisoners in a police van at night. The guard on the van is suspended for six months; he's Tamon, an upright, modest man. He begins his own investigation into the murders. Who were the victims, who are their relatives and girlfriends, who else was on the van that night? As he doggedly investigates, others die, coincidences occur, and several leads take him to the Hamaju Agency, which may be supplying call girls. Its owner is in jail, his daughter, the enigmatic ...

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6.1

1960 Action 79 min Play

6

Fighting Delinquents

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also ...

NR

6

1960 Action 80 min Play

7.8

Eight Hours of Terror

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

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7.8

1957 Thriller 88 min Play