Masayuki Suō

Masayuki Suō

October 29, 1956 · 69 years old

Masayuki Suo (周防 正行, Suo Masayuki; born October 29, 1956) is a Japanese film director. He is best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) and Shall We Dance? (1996).

Known For

5 titles
1
Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

1996 · 2h 16m · Movie

A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.

7.7
2
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992 · 1h 45m · Movie

Chronicling the turmoil and pandemonium that ensues at a derelict university sumo club, and the rise of some unlikely heroes.

7.2
3
Abnormal Family

Abnormal Family

1984 · 1h 3m · Movie

The film tells a story about a woman and her relationship with the family of her husband's, in particular her husband's younger brother and father-in-law. Her husband, on the other hand, has an affair with a dominatrix and is obse...

5.4
4
Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance

1989 · 1h 41m · Movie

Yohei, a punk rocker, has to become a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Yohei though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to retu...

6.7
5
Lady Maiko

Lady Maiko

2014 · 2h 15m · Movie

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a geisha, like her now-deceased mother. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.

6.2
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