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Masayuki Suo

Name in Native Language: "周防正行" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 10/29/1956 (67) | Tokyo (Japan)
Masayuki Suo (周防 正行, Suo Masayuki, born October 29, 1956) is a Japanese film director. He is best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Music

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A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ba ...

Shall We Dance?

PG

1996 | 3.7/5 | 2h 16min
Music, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent. ...

I Just Didn't Do It

Certification unknown

2007 | 3.6/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the di ...

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Certification unknown

1992 | 3.3/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy
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Shinzo Egi is an asthma sufferer who does not want to be place on life support. As a last request, Shinzo Egi asks his doctor Ayano Orii if she could follow his wish. Doctor Ayano Orii is then questio ...

The Terminal Trust

Certification unknown

2012 | 3.1/5 | 2h 24min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Masayuki Suo

2x Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year 2x Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year 2x Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year National Board of Review Award for Best International Film Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Medal With Purple Ribbon Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 2x Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director Mainichi Film Award for Best Director 3x Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year 3x Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year 3x Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Asian Film Award for Best Director
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Movies with Masayuki Suo as Actor(3)

1997 Tokyo Biyori
1993 The Tomb & the Divorce
as Apartment Manager1983 Kandagawa Wars

Movies with Masayuki Suo as Crew(26)

Directing/Director2019 Talking the Pictures
Writing/Screenplay2019 Talking the Pictures
Directing/Director2014 Lady Maiko
Writing/Writer2014 Lady Maiko
Directing/Director2012 The Terminal Trust
Writing/Writer2012 The Terminal Trust
Directing/Director2011 Dancing Chaplin
Directing/Director2007 I Just Didn't Do It
Writing/Writer2007 I Just Didn't Do It
Production/Producer1998 Give It All
Directing/Director1996 Shall We Dance?
Writing/Author1996 Shall We Dance?
Directing/Director1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Writing/Writer1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Directing/Director1989 Fancy Dance
Sound/Songs1989 Fancy Dance
Writing/Screenplay1989 Fancy Dance
Directing/Director1988 Making of Marusa No Onna 2
Writing/Writer1988 Making of Marusa No Onna 2
Directing/Director1987 Making of Marusa No Onna
Directing/Director1984 Abnormal Family
Writing/Screenplay1984 Abnormal Family
Directing/Assistant Director1984 Scanty-Panty Doll: Pungent Aroma
Writing/Screenplay1984 Scanty-Panty Doll: Pungent Aroma
Directing/Second Assistant Director1983 Kandagawa Wars
Directing/Assistant Director1982 Wolf: Running Is Sex

Full Name: Masayuki Suo
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 10/29 1956 (October) in Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 67 years + 179 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Rikkyo University
Spouses (current/former): Tamiyo Kusakari
Other names for Masayuki Suo (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"周防 正行"
"周防正行"
"Масаюки Суо"
"すお まさゆき" (Kana/Japanese)
Masayuki Suo frequently works together with these people:
Jun'ichi Kikuchi (10x, Crew)
Yoshikazu Suo (10x, Crew)
Naoto Takenaka (8x, Actor)
Ren Osugi (6x, Actor)
Yûichi Nagata (6x, Crew)
Tamiyo Kusakari (4x, Actress)
Fumiyo Kohinata (4x, Actor)
Eri Watanabe (4x, Actress)
Hiromasa Taguchi (4x, Actor)
Shôji Masui (4x, Crew)
Yuu Tokui (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:385846, Added: 08/17/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024