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Name
  
Suzuki Matsuo


Role
  
Theatre Director



Born
  
December 15, 1962 (age 61) (
1962-12-15
)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Occupation
  
Theatre director, actor, novelist, screenwriter

Awards
  
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Movies and TV shows
  
Welcome to the Quiet Room, R100, Otakus in Love, Ichi the Killer, Manhattan Love Story

Similar People
  
Sadao Abe, Kankuro Kudo, Ryuhei Matsuda, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kami Hiraiwa

Suzuki Matsuo (松尾 スズキ, Matsuo Suzuki, born 15 December 1962) is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.

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Suzuki Matsuo Matsuo Suzuki and Tokiwa Takako in Drama About Artist Okamoto Taro

Career

Born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Matsuo started his own theatre troupe, Otona Keikaku, in 1988 and was joined by such talent as Kankuro Kudo and Sadao Abe. He won the Kishida Prize for Drama in 1997 for Fankī! Uchū wa mieru tokoro made shika nai. 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. As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

As director

  • Otakus in Love (2004)
  • Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
  • Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e (2015)
  • Film

  • Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
  • Forbidden Siren (2006)
  • The Shock Labyrinth (2009)
  • Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
  • Shin Godzilla (2016)
  • Okuda Tamio ni Naritai Boy (2017)
  • Television

  • Amachan (2013)
  • Chikaemon (2016) – Chikamatsu Monzaemon
  • Miotsukushi Ryōrichō (2017)
  • References

    Suzuki Matsuo Wikipedia