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Suzuki Seijun (鈴木清順 b. 24 May 1923 in
Nihonbashi,
Tokyo,
Japan) is a Japanese
film director. His most famous works are the
yakuza films
Tokyo Drifter (1966) and
Branded to Kill (1967); Branded was recently remade as
Pistol Opera (2001), with
Esumi Makiko replacing
Shishido Jo as the number 3 killer.
Suzuki's work is best known for its surrealistic irreverance. After
Branded to Kill his studio,
Nikkatsu, fired him for "making films that didn't make any sense and
didn't make any money." Despite successfully suing Nikkatsu for the
firing, Suzuki was effectively blacklisted from making films in Japan for
almost twenty years.
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