SEIJUN SUZUKI
A troublemaker within the Japanese studios
By Romain Dabert
About five films: The Flesh Trilogy: The Flesh Barrier – Story of a Prostitute – Kawachi's Carmen, Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill.
Japanese director Seijun Suzuki represents an icon for a generation of film buffs, and is still considered a rebellious and nonconformist auteur today.
A prominent figure at Nikkatsu studio, where he worked until his dismissal in 1967, he distinguished himself with a bold, sometimes experimental visual style and a transgressive tone that subverted certain established genre film conventions. The result was spectacular, surprising, and playful works.
This book looks back on the last years of his career at the studio based on five films made between 1964 and 1967: The Flesh Trilogy: The Barrier of Flesh (1964), Story of a Prostitute (1965), Kawachi's Carmen (1966), Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Branded to Kill (1967).
A prominent figure at Nikkatsu studio, where he worked until his dismissal in 1967, he distinguished himself with a bold, sometimes experimental visual style and a transgressive tone that subverted certain established genre film conventions. The result was spectacular, surprising, and playful works.
This book looks back on the last years of his career at the studio based on five films made between 1964 and 1967: The Flesh Trilogy: The Barrier of Flesh (1964), Story of a Prostitute (1965), Kawachi's Carmen (1966), Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Branded to Kill (1967).
Romain Dabert holds a degree in film studies from Sorbonne Nouvelle University – Paris 3. Passionate about Asian cinema, his research focuses on Japanese cinema of the 1960s, and in particular on the career of director Seijun Suzuki.