Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas (2002)

01/10/2002 (ES) • Documentary, History • 37m

Overview

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art director and screenwriter Takeo Kimura (1918-2010), recall how they made their great masterpieces about the Yakuza underworld for the Nikkatsu film company.

Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas (2002)

01/10/2002 (ES) • 37m

Documentary, History

Overview

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art director and screenwriter Takeo Kimura (1918-2010), recall how they made their great masterpieces about the Yakuza underworld for the Nikkatsu film company.

Top Billed Cast

Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter

Self - Art Director & Screenwriter

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Voice-over (voice)

José A. Jiménez

Voice-over (voice)

Voice-over (voice)

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cinema on cinema

movie business

yakuza

japanese noir

portrait of an artist

celebrity interview

portrait of a filmmaker

japanese cinema

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