Suzuki Matsuo

Matsuo Suzuki, born Matsuo Katsuyuki on December 15, 1962 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter.

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Ichi the Killer (2001)

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nao Omori  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Paulyn Sun

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nao Omori  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Paulyn Sun

Ping Pong (2002)

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumihiko Sori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Sam Lee  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Naoto Takenaka

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumihiko Sori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Sam Lee  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Naoto Takenaka

Ritual (2000)

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Shunji Iwai  •  Ayako Fujitani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Shinobu Otake

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Shunji Iwai  •  Ayako Fujitani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Shinobu Otake

In the Pool (2005)

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Seiichi Tanabe

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Seiichi Tanabe

Under the Same Moon (2005)

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Edison Chen  •  Shun Sugata

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Edison Chen  •  Shun Sugata

R100 (2013)

Ruthless dominatrixes pursue a mild-mannered salesman who wants to get out of his unbreakable contract with a secret bondage club.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Matsumoto
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Mao Daichi  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Hairi Katagiri

Ruthless dominatrixes pursue a mild-mannered salesman who wants to get out of his unbreakable contract with a secret bondage club.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Matsumoto
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Mao Daichi  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Hairi Katagiri

Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)

In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Reiko Kataoka

In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Reiko Kataoka

It's Me It's Me (2013)

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother and pretends to be her son. He then gets the mother to transfer money to his bank account. Soon, Hitoshi gets a lot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Kazuya Kamenashi  •  Ryo Kase  •  Midoriko Kimura  •  Ryo Iwamatsu

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother and pretends to be her son. He then gets the mother to transfer money to his bank account. Soon, Hitoshi gets a lot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Kazuya Kamenashi  •  Ryo Kase  •  Midoriko Kimura  •  Ryo Iwamatsu

A Larva to Love (2003)

Bizarre love triangle about a girl, Yuki who transforms into a tentacled creature that feasts on human blood. She manipulates the guilt-ridden Fumio to do her bidding, only for a strange romance to blossom between them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Aki Arai  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa  •  Kimiko Inui  •  Shima Ise

Bizarre love triangle about a girl, Yuki who transforms into a tentacled creature that feasts on human blood. She manipulates the guilt-ridden Fumio to do her bidding, only for a strange romance to blossom between them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Aki Arai  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa  •  Kimiko Inui  •  Shima Ise

Summer of Ubume (2005)

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako

Chicken Heart (2002)

Former boxer Iwano, teamed up with Sada and Maru, who live in the same apartment building, makes his daily living as a punching bag for drunken businessmen in some corner of the amusement quarters. The three have continuously avoided putting themselves in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Kiyoshiro Imawano  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Nobuyoshi Araki

Former boxer Iwano, teamed up with Sada and Maru, who live in the same apartment building, makes his daily living as a punching bag for drunken businessmen in some corner of the amusement quarters. The three have continuously avoided putting themselves in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Kiyoshiro Imawano  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Nobuyoshi Araki

Drive (2002)

Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Toshio Kakei

Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Toshio Kakei

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Yuki Amami

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Yuki Amami

The Choice of Hercules (2002)

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Yuki Amami  •  Masatô Ibu

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Yuki Amami  •  Masatô Ibu

Villain (2010)

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Sang-il
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Masaki Okada  •  Hikari Mitsushima

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Sang-il
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Masaki Okada  •  Hikari Mitsushima

A New Love in Tokyo (1994)

A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Sawa Suzuki  •  Reiko Kataoka  •  Aya Sugimoto  •  Hiromitsu Suzuki

A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Sawa Suzuki  •  Reiko Kataoka  •  Aya Sugimoto  •  Hiromitsu Suzuki

Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kon Ichikawa  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Shimizu  •  Yoshitaka Amano
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Umenosuke Nakamura

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kon Ichikawa  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Shimizu  •  Yoshitaka Amano
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Umenosuke Nakamura

RoboGeisha (2009)

Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Aya Kiguchi  •  Hitomi Hasebe  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Tarō Shigaki

Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Aya Kiguchi  •  Hitomi Hasebe  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Tarō Shigaki

Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Yuki Uchida  •  Yu Aoi  •  Ryo  •  Yuko Nakamura

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Yuki Uchida  •  Yu Aoi  •  Ryo  •  Yuko Nakamura

Cutie Honey (2004)

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Eriko Sato  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Jun Murakami  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Eriko Sato  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Jun Murakami  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa
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