is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.

Career

Born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Suzuki started his own theatre troupe, Otona Keikaku, in 1988 and was joined by such talent as

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. He won the

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in 1997 for ''Fankī! Uchū wa mieru tokoro made shika nai''. In addition to acting and directing, he also writes, and won the Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year in 2008 for '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad''. As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

Selected filmography

As director

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'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) segment "Yoru no Shita (Licking Nights)" *'' Welcome to the Quiet Room'' (2007) *'' Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e'' (2015) *'' 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba'' (2019)

As actor

Film

* '' Ichi the Killer'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Shin Godzilla'' (2016) * ''Tornado Girl'' (2017) * ''Louder!: Don't See What You Are Singing'' (2018) * '' Dragon Quest: Your Story'' (2019) * '' 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba'' (2019) - Gorō Kaiba * '' Kaiji: Final Game'' (2020) * ''I Am Makimoto'' (2022) * '' Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023)

Television

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'' (2011) -

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*'' Amachan'' (2013) *''Chikaemon'' (2016) – Chikamatsu Monzaemon *''Miotsukushi Ryōrichō'' (2017) *''Idaten'' (2019) – Tachibanaya Enkyō IV

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuo, Suzuki Japanese male actors 1962 births Living people Japanese theatre directors Japanese film directors Japanese screenwriters People from Kitakyushu 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists