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Pisutoru opera (2001) -- As powerful and energetic as ever, Seijun Suzuki's "STYLE" is still stayin' alive. In his lurid, extreme tale of a hit man, Makiko Esumi leads the story as a Nikita-like killer, a woman assassin, strong but uncertain.

Overview

Date of Birth:
1918, Tokyo, Japan more
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Awards:
7 wins & 6 nominations more
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Alternate Names:
Isao Kimura
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Filmography

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Art Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Komori seikatsu kôjô kurabu (2008)   2008 - -
AKAs:
  • Serial Dad (International: English title: festival title)
- 2. Hito no sekkusu o warauna (2007)   2007 - 6.4 (130)
AKAs:
  • Don't Laugh at My Romance (International: English title)
  • Sex Is No Laughing Matter (Hong Kong: English title: DVD title)
- 3. Ichijiku no kao (2006)   2006 - 6.1 (41)
AKAs:
  • Faces of a Fig Tree (International: English title: literal title)
- 4. Kamiya Etsuko no seishun (2006)   2006 - 8.0 (22)
AKAs:
  • The Youth of Kamiya Etsuko (International: English title: literal title)
- 5. Taga tameni (2005)   (supervising art director) 2005 - 6.6 (61)
AKAs:
  • Portrait of the Wind (International: English title)
- 6. Chichi to kuraseba (2004)   2004 - 7.3 (105)
AKAs:
  • The Face of Jizo (International: English title)
- 7. Umi wa miteita (2002)   2002 - 7.1 (841)
AKAs:
  • The Sea Is Watching (USA)
  • The Sea Watches
- 8. Inochi no umi (2000)   2000 - 7.3 (6)
AKAs:
  • Closed Ward (International: English title)
- 9. 'Kurenai no kenjû' yo eien ni (2000) 2000 - -
- 10. Suri (2000)   2000 - 7.8 (5)
AKAs:
  • Pickpocket (International: English title)
- 11. Fukai kawa (1995)   1995 - 8.0 (20)
AKAs:
  • Deep River
- 12. Harukana jidai no kaidan o (1995)   1995 - 7.4 (64)
AKAs:
  • Stairway to the Distant Past
- 13. Zenshin shosetsuka (1994)   1994 - 8.0 (15)
AKAs:
  • A Dedicated Life
- 14. Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1994)   1994 - 6.9 (213)
AKAs:
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life
- 15. Yume no onna (1993)   1993 - -
AKAs:
  • Yearning
- 16. Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo (1992)   1992 - 8.4 (20)
AKAs:
  • About Love, Tokyo
- 17. Hikarigoke (1992)   1992 - 7.0 (13)
AKAs:
  • Luminous Moss
  • Shiny Moss (USA)
- 18. Hong Kong Paradise (1990) 1990 - 6.1 (7)
- 19. Jipangu (1990)   1990 - 5.5 (140)
AKAs:
  • The Legend of Zipang
  • Zipang (UK: DVD title)
- 20. Shonen jidai (1990)   1990 - 7.7 (54)
AKAs:
  • Childhood Days
  • Takeshi: Childhood Days (USA: festival title)
- 21. Sen no Rikyu (1989)   1989 - 7.0 (85)
AKAs:
  • Death of a Tea Master (USA)
  • Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo's Student Writings
- 22. Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989)   1989 - 6.3 (29)
AKAs:
  • Circus Boys (International: English title)
  • 20-seiki shônen dokuhon (Japan: alternative transliteration)
  • The Boy's Own Book of the 20th Century (literal English title)
- 23. Teito taisen (1989)   1989 - 5.6 (34)
AKAs:
  • Battle in the Capital (literal English title)
  • Capital Great War (literal English title)
  • Dictator of the City
- 24. Teito monogatari (1988)   1988 - 6.5 (117)
AKAs:
  • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (USA)
- 25. Shinran: Shiroi michi (1987)   1987 - -
AKAs:
  • Shinran: Path to Purity (USA)
- 26. Uhohho tankentai (1986)   1986 - 7.6 (6)
AKAs:
  • Whooh! Exploration Unit (Japan: English title)
- 27. Umi to dokuyaku (1986)   1986 - 8.6 (31)
AKAs:
  • The Sea and Poison (USA)
- 28. Hakô kirameku hate (1986)   1986 - 7.2 (6)
AKAs:
  • Beyond the Shining Sea (USA)
- 29. Yume miruyoni nemuritai (1986)   1986 - 6.8 (29)
AKAs:
  • To Sleep so as to Dream (International: English title: literal English title)
- 30. Kapone oi ni naku (1985)   1985 - 7.0 (17)
AKAs:
  • Capone Cries a Lot
- 31. Seiteki hanzai (1983) 1983 - -
- 32. Namidabashi (1983) 1983 - -
- 33. Nihon no atsui hibi bôsatsu: Shimoyama jiken (1981)   1981 - 8.8 (8)
AKAs:
  • Willful Murder
- 34. Za ûman (1980)   1980 - -
AKAs:
  • The Woman (literal English title)
- 35. Haru kanaru sôro (1980) 1980 - -
- 36. Tsigoineruwaizen (1980)   1980 - 7.3 (203)
AKAs:
  • Zigeunerweisen
- 37. Tempyo no iraka (1980)   1980 - -
AKAs:
  • Ocean to Cross
- 38. Ogin-sama (1978)   1978 - 7.3 (8)
AKAs:
  • Lady Ogin (International: English title: literal title)
  • Love and Faith (USA)
  • Love and Faith of Ogin (USA)
  • Love and Faith: Lady Ogin (USA)
  • Ogin: Her Love and Faith (USA)
- 39. Seishun no satsujin sha (1976)   1976 - 6.9 (57)
AKAs:
  • The Youth Killer (International: English title)
  • Young Murderer (International: English title: informal title)
- 40. Kita no misaki - Cap du nord (1976)   1976 - 6.9 (77)
AKAs:
  • Cape of North (USA: alternative transliteration)
- 41. Matsuri no junbi (1975)   1975 - 7.8 (16)
AKAs:
  • Preparation for the Festival (USA)
- 42. Waga seishun no toki (1975) 1975 - -
- 43. Shinobugawa (1972)   1972 - 7.7 (22)
AKAs:
  • The Long Darkness
- 44. Noboriryu tekkahada (1970)   1970 - -
AKAs:
  • Rising Dragon's Iron Flesh (International: English title: literal title)
  • The Friendly Killer
- 45. Arashi no yushatachi (1969)   1969 - -
AKAs:
  • The Cleanup (USA)
- 46. Ah himeyuri no to (1968) 1968 - -
- 47. Burai yori daikanbu (1968)   1968 - 6.8 (20)
AKAs:
  • Gangster VIP (Canada: English title: festival title)
  • The Gangster VIP
- 48. Kurenai no nagareboshi (1967)   (as Isao Kimura) 1967 - 7.0 (40)
AKAs:
  • Crimson Comet (USA: literal English title)
  • Like a Shooting Star (USA)
  • Velvet Hustler (USA: video title)
- 49. Kenka erejii (1966)   1966 - 7.4 (414)
AKAs:
  • Elegy to Violence
  • Fighting Elegy (USA: DVD title)
  • The Born Fighter (USA)
- 50. Kawachi Karumen (1966)   1966 - 6.4 (27)
AKAs:
  • Carmen from Kawachi
- 51. Nikutai no mon (1964)   1964 - 7.2 (583)
AKAs:
  • Gate of Flesh
- 52. Kanto mushuku (1963)   1963 - 7.1 (138)
AKAs:
  • Kanto Wanderer
  • The Woman Sharper
- 53. Akutaro (1963)   1963 - 8.9 (10)
AKAs:
  • The Bastard (USA)
- 54. Taiheiyo no tsubasa (1963)   1963 - 6.7 (17)
AKAs:
  • Attack Squadron! (USA)
  • Kamikaze (USA: video title)
  • Wings Over the Pacific (literal English title)
  • Wings of the Pacific (literal English title)
- 55. Arashi o tsukkiru jetto-ki (1961) 1961 - -
- 56. Kurenai no kenju (1961) 1961 - -
- 57. Yakuza sensei (1960)   1960 - -
AKAs:
  • Professor Gangster (literal English title)
- 58. Muteki ga ore o yondeiru (1960) 1960 - -
- 59. Ubaguruma (1956)   1956 - -
AKAs:
  • The Baby Carriage (International: English title)
- 60. Zoku keisatsu nikki (1955) 1955 - -
- 61. Keisatsu nikki (1955)   1955 - -
AKAs:
  • Policeman's Diary (informal literal English title)
- 62. Tsuki wa noborinu (1955)   1955 - 8.7 (6)
AKAs:
  • The Moon Has Risen
- 63. Shunkin monogatari (1954) 1954 - -
- 64. Aru onna (1954) 1954 - -
- 65. Gan (1953)   1953 - 7.8 (32)
AKAs:
  • The Mistress
  • Wild Geese
- 66. Koi no Oranda-zaka (1951) 1951 - -
Production Designer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Kurôn wa kokyô wo mezasu (2008)   2008 - 6.9 (68)
AKAs:
  • The Clone Returns Home (International: English title)
  • The Clone Returns to the Homeland (International: English title)
- 2. Hito no sekkusu o warauna (2007)   2007 - 6.4 (130)
AKAs:
  • Don't Laugh at My Romance (International: English title)
  • Sex Is No Laughing Matter (Hong Kong: English title: DVD title)
- 3. Jôhatsu tabinikki (2003)   2003 - 4.7 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Soul Odyssey
- 4. Pisutoru opera (2001)   2001 - 6.3 (674)
AKAs:
  • Pistol Opera (International: English title)
- 5. Nippon no kuroi natsu - Enzai (2001)   2001 - 7.8 (22)
AKAs:
  • Darkness in the Light (International: English title)
- 6. Aisuru (1997)   1997 - 5.0 (34)
AKAs:
  • To Love
- 7. Fuyu no kappa (1995)   1995 - -
AKAs:
  • How Old Is the River?
- 8. The Last Bullet (1995) (TV) 1995 - 7.3 (168)
- 9. Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1994)   1994 - 6.9 (213)
AKAs:
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life
- 10. Shikibu monogatari (1990)   1990 - 5.3 (9)
AKAs:
  • Mt. Aso's Passions
- 11. Sen no Rikyu (1989)   1989 - 7.0 (85)
AKAs:
  • Death of a Tea Master (USA)
  • Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo's Student Writings
- 12. Himatsuri (1985)   1985 - 7.2 (115)
AKAs:
  • Fire Festival
- 13. Za ûman (1980)   1980 - -
AKAs:
  • The Woman (literal English title)
- 14. Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974)   1974 - 7.8 (148)
AKAs:
  • Brothel 8
  • Brothel No. 8
  • Sandakan 8 (USA)
  • Sandakan House No. 8
  • Sandakan No. 8
- 15. Furyô shôjô Mako (1971)   1971 - -
AKAs:
  • Bad Girl Mako (literal English title)
  • Wet Highway
- 16. Onna no keisatsu, midarecho (1970)   (as Isao Kimura) 1970 - -
AKAs:
  • Swirling Butterflies (International: English title)
- 17. Yakuza no yokogao (1970)   1970 - -
AKAs:
  • Profile of a Boss's Son (International: English title)
- 18. Jigoku no hamonjo (1969)   1969 - -
AKAs:
  • Exiled to Hell (International: English title)
- 19. Showa no inochi (1968)   1968 - -
AKAs:
  • Stormy Era (USA)
- 20. Kurenai no nagareboshi (1967)   (as Isao Kimura) 1967 - 7.0 (40)
AKAs:
  • Crimson Comet (USA: literal English title)
  • Like a Shooting Star (USA)
  • Velvet Hustler (USA: video title)
- 21. Kenka erejii (1966)   1966 - 7.4 (414)
AKAs:
  • Elegy to Violence
  • Fighting Elegy (USA: DVD title)
  • The Born Fighter (USA)
- 22. Tôkyô nagaremono (1966)   1966 - 7.2 (2,007)
AKAs:
  • The Man from Tokyo
  • Tokyo Drifter (USA)
- 23. Irezumi ichidai (1965)   (as Isao Kimura) 1965 - 7.3 (337)
AKAs:
  • Life of a Tattooed Man
  • One Generation of Tattoos
  • Tattooed Life (USA)
  • White Tiger Tattoo (USA)
- 24. Akutaroden: Waruihoshi no Shita Demo (1965)   1965 - 5.3 (5)
AKAs:
  • Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star
- 25. Shunpu den (1965)   1965 - 7.6 (331)
AKAs:
  • Story of a Prostitute
- 26. Oretachi no chi ga yurusanai (1964)   1964 - 6.4 (17)
AKAs:
  • Our Blood Will Not Forgive
  • Our Blood Won't Allow It
- 27. Nikutai no mon (1964)   1964 - 7.2 (583)
AKAs:
  • Gate of Flesh
- 28. Hana to doto (1964)   1964 - 6.7 (73)
AKAs:
  • The Flower and the Angry Waves
- 29. Kyo no inochi (1957)   1957 - -
AKAs:
  • This Day's Life (Japan: literal English title)
- 30. Kamisaka Shirô no hanzai (1956) 1956 - -
- 31. Jochukko (1955)   1955 - -
AKAs:
  • Maid and a Boy
  • The Maid's Kid (International: English title)
- 32. Ofukuro (1955) 1955 - -
- 33. Keisatsu nikki (1955)   1955 - -
AKAs:
  • Policeman's Diary (informal literal English title)
- 34. Kenji to onnakanshu (1949) 1949 - -
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Yume no mani mani (2008) (screenplay) 2008 - -
- 2. Pisutoru opera (2001)   (writer) 2001 - 6.3 (674)
AKAs:
  • Pistol Opera (International: English title)
- 3. Kapone oi ni naku (1985)   (writer) 1985 - 7.0 (17)
AKAs:
  • Capone Cries a Lot
- 4. Koroshi no rakuin (1967)   (writer) 1967 - 7.3 (2,133)
AKAs:
  • Branded to Kill (International: English title) (USA)
- 5. Hana to doto (1964)   (writer) 1964 - 6.7 (73)
AKAs:
  • The Flower and the Angry Waves
Director
 Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Yume no mani mani (2008) 2008 - -
Miscellaneous Crew
 Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' (2005) (V) (production designs courtesy of) 2005 - -
Art Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Runin: Banished (2004) (art supervisor) 2004 - 6.6 (37)
Self
 Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "ETV tokushû" (2003)   Himself (1 episode, 2007) 2007 - -
AKAs:
  • ETV Special (Japan: literal English title)
- 2. From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' (2005) (V) Himself 2005 - -

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