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Suzuki Matsuo

Matsuo Suzuki 松尾スズキ
Born	Katsuyuki Matsuo (松尾勝幸) (1962-12-15) 15 December 1962 (age 61) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation(s)	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, Suzuki 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: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (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: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019) - Gorō Kaiba
Kaiji: Final Game (2020)
I Am Makimoto (2022)^[5]
Shin Kamen Rider (2023)^[6]

Television

Taro no To (2011) - Okamoto Taro
Amachan (2013)
Chikaemon (2016) – Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
Idaten (2019) – Tachibanaya Enkyō IV
Sanctuary (2023) – Inushima-oyakata

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.
^ "阿部サダヲ主演作「アイ・アムまきもと」に満島ひかり、宇崎竜童、松下洸平ら出演". eiga.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ Shin Kamen Rider (12 May 2022). "本日より劇場にて『 #シン・仮面ライダー』の特報映像が上映されております。 WEBでは以下よりご覧いただけます。https://youtu.be/U40IUnxsgls #手塚とおるさん、#塚本晋也さん、 #松尾スズキさんが本作にご出演されます。#池松壮亮 #浜辺美波 #柄本佑 #庵野秀明監督御期待ください。". Twitter. Retrieved 12 May 2022.