Masayuki Suo

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Masayuki Suo (周防正行, Suō Masayuki^?, born October 29, 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.

Contents 1 Filmography 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External links

According to Suo:

The most important thing for me in movie making is to love the characters of the movie, so even though you only have a few seconds with a character, that person has to have his own life. Therefore, I want to respect it, I want to make movies where each character has his own individuality.^[1]

His first film was the pinku eiga Abnormal Family, a film derived from Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story and "playing with the various elements that typify Ozu's style"^[2] As of 2007, his most recent film is the 2006 documentary I Just Didn't Do It.^[3]

[edit] Filmography

1. Abnormal Family (変態家族兄貴の嫁さん, also known as Spring Bride, Daughter-in-Law^[1], or My Brother's Wife) (1983)^[2]
2. Making of 'A Taxing Woman (1987) (documentary)
3. Making of 'A Taxing Woman 2 (1988) (documentary)
4. Fancy Dance^[4] (ファンシイダンス, also known as Manic Zen^[1]) (1989)
5. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (シコふんじゃった) (1992)
6. Shall We Dance? (Shall We ダンス？) (1996)
7. I Just Didn't Do It^[4] (それでもボクはやってない, also known as Even So, I Didn't Do It) (2006)　

[edit] Personal life

Suo is married to Tamiyo Kusakari, a ballet dancer, who starred in Shall We Dance?. They met each other during the production of the movie.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_suo_masayuki_970711.html
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/abnormfa.shtml
3. ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953110.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2566
4. ^ ^{a b} http://www.soreboku.jp/eng/index.html

[edit] External links

• Masayuki Suo at the Internet Movie Database
• (Japanese) Masayuki Suo at the Japanese Movie Database