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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Female (2005)

'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Ryuichi Hiroki  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Nene Otsuka  •  Naoyuki Morita  •  Nomura Eri  •  Kyoko Hasegawa

'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Ryuichi Hiroki  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Nene Otsuka  •  Naoyuki Morita  •  Nomura Eri  •  Kyoko Hasegawa

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Shichinosuke Nakamura  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Shichinosuke Nakamura  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Forbidden Siren (2006)

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Hiroshi Abe

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Hiroshi Abe

Be with You (2004)

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Akashi Takei  •  Karen Miyama  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Yosuke Asari

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Akashi Takei  •  Karen Miyama  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Yosuke Asari

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth (2006)

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Koichi Sato

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Koichi Sato

Shin Godzilla (2016)

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno  •  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Kengo Kora

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno  •  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Kengo Kora

A Farewell to Jinu (2015)

Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Takako Matsu  •  Fumi Nikaido

Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Takako Matsu  •  Fumi Nikaido

Disconcerto (2014)

Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Kengo Kora  •  Yoko Maki

Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Kengo Kora  •  Yoko Maki

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Ryo Iwamatsu

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Ryo Iwamatsu

Otakus in Love (2004)

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Ryusei-Kacho (2002)

Ryusei-Kacho is renowned for his unmatchable skills in securing a seat on the infamous Japanese commuter trains. Never once has he failed until he meets the beautiful and talented Automatic Maria.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Sie Kohinata  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Kiyoshi Kobayashi  •  Yoji Tanaka

Ryusei-Kacho is renowned for his unmatchable skills in securing a seat on the infamous Japanese commuter trains. Never once has he failed until he meets the beautiful and talented Automatic Maria.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Sie Kohinata  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Kiyoshi Kobayashi  •  Yoji Tanaka

Tornado Girl (2017)

Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Kiko Mizuhara  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hirofumi Arai

Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Kiko Mizuhara  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hirofumi Arai

LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! (2018)

Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Riho Yoshioka  •  Yudai Chiba  •  Kumiko Aso

Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Riho Yoshioka  •  Yudai Chiba  •  Kumiko Aso

Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki  •  Ryuichi Yagi
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Kasumi Arimura  •  Haru  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki  •  Ryuichi Yagi
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Kasumi Arimura  •  Haru  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi

Tokyo Blood (1993)

Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Mai Hosho  •  Hairi Katagiri  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Toshiya Sakai

Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Mai Hosho  •  Hairi Katagiri  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Toshiya Sakai

Night Head (1994)

The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Iida
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Megumi Okina  •  Eisuke Sasai  •  Etsushi Toyokawa

The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Iida
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Megumi Okina  •  Eisuke Sasai  •  Etsushi Toyokawa

Hyakken: A First Night of Dreams (2006)

A man awaits the reincarnation of his dead wife  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Minori Terada

A man awaits the reincarnation of his dead wife  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Minori Terada

Heat Island (2007)

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Chiaki Ito  •  Ryô Kimura

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Chiaki Ito  •  Ryô Kimura

Gattan Gattan Soredemo Go (2015)

Upon the death of her mother, Ito Kana, who is currently working for a living in Tokyo, decides to return to her hometown of Okuhida, Gifu. Due to her traumatic childhood there, Kana actually hates Okuhida. Morita Shinichi was Kana's classmate and he is still ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhiko Hibino
CAST:  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Keita Machida  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo

Upon the death of her mother, Ito Kana, who is currently working for a living in Tokyo, decides to return to her hometown of Okuhida, Gifu. Due to her traumatic childhood there, Kana actually hates Okuhida. Morita Shinichi was Kana's classmate and he is still ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhiko Hibino
CAST:  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Keita Machida  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo

Kaiji: Final Game (2020)

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and include life and death ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Sota Fukushi  •  Nagisa Sekimizu  •  Mackenyu

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and include life and death ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Sota Fukushi  •  Nagisa Sekimizu  •  Mackenyu
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