Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas

Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas

2002•37m•6.0/10

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6.0/10(2)

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.

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Production

Prats Works

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

Self - Filmmaker & Screenwriter

Takeo Kimura

Takeo Kimura

Self - Art Director & Screenwriter

Daniel Aguilar

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Manolo García

Voice-over (voice)

José A. Jiménez

Voice-over (voice)

Oriol Rafael

Voice-over (voice)

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