Masayuki Suo

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Masayuki Suo

Born October 29, 1956
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Film director and screenwriter
Years active 1983 – present

Masayuki Suo (周防正行 Suo 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?.

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 drama I Just Didn't Do It.[3]

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[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] 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] References

  1. ^ a b c Eight Questions for Masayuki Suo, The Director of "Shall We Dance?"
  2. ^ a b Midnight Eye review: Abnormal Family (Hentai Kazoku: Aniki No Yomesan, 1983, director: Masayuki SUO)
  3. ^ Suo pic hits dance card - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
  4. ^ a b I Just Didn'T Do It - Altamira Pictures Presents Movie Official Web

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