Masayuki Suō

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Masayuki Suō

Born October 29, 1956 · Tokyo, Japan (age 69)

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

Shall We Dance?Shall We Dance? · 2004
Shall We Dance?
6.42004
MovieDramaRomance
A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Shall We Dance?Shall We Dance? · 1996
Shall We Dance?
7.51996
MovieMusicComedy
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Kandagawa Pervert WarsKandagawa Pervert Wars · 1983
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
5.11983
MovieComedyDrama
Two sexually energized young women who live in a high-rise apartment building happen one day to spy from their window a mother and son making love in the apartment across from theirs. They decide to stage a rescue attempt to free him and in the process one of the young women ends up falling in love with the son despite having a boyfriend and enjoying sex with her female companion. Of course, the mother they are warring against has her own plans when she feels her privacy invaded.
Abnormal FamilyAbnormal Family · 1984
Abnormal Family
4.81984
MovieComedyDrama
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 obsessed in S&M games.
I Just Didn't Do ItI Just Didn't Do It · 2007
I Just Didn't Do It
7.42007
MovieDrama
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
Fancy DanceFancy Dance · 1989
Fancy Dance
6.91989
MovieComedyDrama
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
Lady MaikoLady Maiko · 2014
Lady Maiko
7.22014
MovieComedyDrama
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tSumo Do, Sumo Don't · 1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
6.81992
MovieComedy
A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.

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