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Norifumi Suzuki

{{Short description|Japanese film director}}

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| native_name = {{langx|ja|鈴木 則文}}

| other_names = Noribumi Suzuki

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|26}}

| birth_place = Shizuoka, Shizuoka

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|05|15|1933|11|26}}

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1968–1990

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{{nihongo|Norifumi Suzuki|鈴木 則文|Suzuki Norifumi|November 26, 1933 – May 15, 2014}}, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the Torakku Yarō series.{{cite web|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/school-of-the-holy-beast/|title=Midnight Eye review: School of the Holy Beast|work=Midnight Eye|first=Jasper|last=Sharp|date=3 May 2006}}

Biography

Suzuki was born in 1933{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/dans-salles/rendez-vous-reguliers/fiche-manifestation/cinema-bis-norifumi-suzuki,13029.html|title=Cinéma bis: Norifumi Suzuki|work=Cinémathèque Française|first=Jean-François|last=Rauger|date=10 June 2011|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205134445/http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/dans-salles/rendez-vous-reguliers/fiche-manifestation/cinema-bis-norifumi-suzuki,13029.html|archivedate=5 February 2015}} in Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant director in 1956, learning his craft under Masahiro Makino, Tai Kato and Tomu Uchida. He made his screenwriting debut on director Kōkichi Uchide's 1963 film Zoku: Tenamonya Sandogasa (co-written with Takaharu Sawada), and his directorial debut in 1965 with Osaka Dokonjō Monogatari: Doerai Yatsu, starring Makoto Fujita.

At the behest of Toei producer Shigeru Okada, Suzuki wrote the script for female gambler film Red Peony Gambler (1968) starring Junko Fuji, which became a hit series spanning eight films.

He directed Star of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter (1979).{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2009/06/dvd-review-norifumi-suzuki-star-of-david.html|title=DVD Review: Norifumi Suzuki's STAR OF DAVID|work=Twitch Film|first=Rodney|last=Perkins|date=22 June 2009|access-date=23 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045509/http://twitchfilm.com/2009/06/dvd-review-norifumi-suzuki-star-of-david.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

His 1975 film Torakku Yarō: Goiken Muyō, starring Bunta Sugawara and co-written with Shinichiro Sawai, was also a huge success and spawned nine sequels.

After directing and co-writing Kōtaro Makaritōru! (1984), Suzuki left Toei to go freelance.

At the 1985 Yokohama Film Festival, he was awarded a special prize for his career.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840651/awards|title=Awards for Norifumi Suzuki|accessdate=1 June 2007|work=IMDb}}

Suzuki's last film was Binbari High School, released in 1990 and produced by Kōji Wakamatsu. He died at the age of 80 in May 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG5J7G0XG5JUCVL02L.html|script-title=ja:映画監督の鈴木則文さん死去 「トラック野郎」シリーズ|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=17 May 2014|language=Japanese}}

Filmography

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Bibliography

  • Torakku Yaro Fuunroku (2010)
  • Toei Gerira Senki (2013)
  • Shin Torakku Yaro Fuunroku (2014)

Awards

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0840651}}
  • {{jmdb name|0377040}}

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