Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo 松尾スズキ | |
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| Born | Katsuyuki Matsuo (松尾 勝幸) 15 December 1962 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Occupation | Theatre director, actor, novelist, screenwriter |
Suzuki Matsuo (松尾 スズキ, Matsuo Suzuki, born 15 December 1962) is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.
Career[]
Born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Matsuo started his own theatre troupe, Otona Keikaku, in 1988 and was joined by such talent as Kankuro Kudo and Sadao Abe.[1] He won the Kishida Prize for Drama in 1997 for Fankī! Uchū wa mieru tokoro made shika nai.[2] In addition to acting and directing, he also writes, and won the Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year in 2008 for Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad.[3] As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.[4]
Selected filmography[]
As director[]
- Otakus in Love (2004)
- Female (2005) segment "Yoru no Shita (Licking Nights)"
- Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
- Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e (2015)
- 108: Kaiba Gorō no Fukushū to Bōken (2019)
As actor[]
Film[]
- Ichi the Killer (2001)
- Be with You (2004)
- Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
- Forbidden Siren (2006)
- The Shock Labyrinth (2009)
- Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
- Tornado Girl (2017)
- Louder!: Don't See What You Are Singing (2018)
- Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)
- 108: Kaiba Gorō no Fukushū to Bōken (2019) - Gorō Kaiba
- Kaiji: Final Game (2020)
Television[]
- Taro no To" (2011) - Okamoto Taro
- Amachan (2013)
- Chikaemon (2016) – Chikamatsu Monzaemon
- Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
- Idaten (2019) – Tachibanaya Enkyō IV
References[]
- ^ "Kangaete iru koto o subete butsukenakya akan to omotta". Excite Books (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ 岸田國士戯曲賞／受賞作一覧 (in Japanese). Hakusuisha. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Dai 31-kai Nihon Akademī Shō Yūshū Sakuhin". Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ 第142回芥川賞・直木賞候補作決まる～松尾スズキさん2度目のノミネート (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japanese male actors
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Japanese theatre directors
- Japanese film directors
- Japanese screenwriters
- People from Kitakyushu
- 20th-century Japanese novelists
- 21st-century Japanese novelists