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2020

Movies are listed in watch order

影なき声 Voice Without a Shadow (1958)

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Artist of the Year

赤い波止場 Red Pier (1958)

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ギターを持った渡り鳥 The Rambling Guitarist (1959)

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Anatomy of a Murder 1959

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1917 2019

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天気の子 Weathering with You (2019)

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Blow Out 1981

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踏みはずした春 The Boy Who Came Back (1958)

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Artist of the Year

Logan's Run 1976

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Death Race 2000 1975

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하녀 The Housemaid (1960)

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天気の子 Weathering with You (2019)

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A pátý jezdec je Strach …And the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)

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暗黒街の美女 Underworld Beauty (1958)

Still from Underworld Beauty
Artist of the Year

12 Angry Men 1957

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Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century 1999

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Hairspray 2007

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８時間の恐怖 Eight Hours of Terror (1957)

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Artist of the Year

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967

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我的镜头 Chinese Portrait (2018)

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Cats 2019

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2020

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１３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

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Artist of the Year

Snowpiercer 2013

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すべてが狂ってる Everything Goes Wrong (1960)

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Artist of the Year

New Jack City 1991

Watched as part of a full day Wesley Snipes marathon

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The Fan 1996

Watched as part of a full day Wesley Snipes marathon

Still from The Fan

Passenger 57 1992

Watched as part of a full day Wesley Snipes marathon

Still from Passenger 57

Blade 1998

Watched as part of a full day Wesley Snipes marathon

Still from Blade

夜は短し歩けよ乙女 Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)

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きみと、波にのれたら Ride Your Wave (2019)

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狂熱の季節 The Warped Ones (1960)

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Candyman 1992

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密航０ライン Smashing the 0-Line (1960)

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Artist of the Year

Иди и смотри Come and See (1985)

The last trip to theaters before city-wide shutdowns

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There Will Be Blood 2007

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散弾銃の男 The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

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Artist of the Year

破坏之王 Love on Delivery (1994)

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The Blob 1958

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東京騎士隊 Tokyo Knights (1961)

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Artist of the Year

言の葉の庭 The Garden of Words (2013)

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Dolemite Is My Name 2019

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Det sjunde inseglet The Seventh Seal (1957)

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Rope a Dope 2013

ハイティーンやくざ Teenage Yakuza (1962)

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Artist of the Year

Bacurau 2019

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南方车站的聚会 The Wild Goose Lake (2019)

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野獣の青春 Youth of the Beast (1963)

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Artist of the Year

Onward 2020

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用心棒 Yojimbo (1961)

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Dolemite 1975

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用心棒 Yojimbo (1961)

Rewatched with commentary by Stephen Prince

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卧虎藏龙 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

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黑眼圈 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

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招半式闖江湖 Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)

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The Italian Job 1969

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The Producers 1967

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探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)

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Artist of the Year

Fail Safe 1964

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Fail Safe 1964

Rewatched with commentary by Sidney Lumet

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Dark Star 1974

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師弟出馬 The Young Master (1980)

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関東無宿 Kanto Wanderer (1963)

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Artist of the Year

椿三十郎 Sanjuro (1962)

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975

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椿三十郎 Sanjuro (1962)

Rewatched with commentary by Stephen Prince

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俺たちの血が許さない Our Blood Will Not Forgive (1964)

So many interesting visual sequences here, some of which individually make returns in later films, but the density of them makes this special.

Still from Our Blood Will Not Forgive
Artist of the Year

Foxy Brown 1974

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Hercules 1997

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Mulholland Drive 2001

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À bout de souffle Breathless (1960)

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Independence Day 1996

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帰って来たヨッパライ Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)

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Newsies 1992

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Camp Nowhere 1994

Watched this with a bunch of anarchists who provided commentary about the ways the camp adhered to anarchist principles of organization

Still from Camp Nowhere

WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES We Are Little Zombies (2019)

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エキストロ Extro (2019)

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Japan Cuts

音楽 On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)

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Japan Cuts

Bullitt 1968

Steve McQueen is Haginoya’s favorite.

Still from Bullitt

タイトル、拒絶 Life: Untitled (2019)

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Japan Cuts

男はつらいよ Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)

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Japan Cuts

スペシャル アクターズ Special Actors (2019)

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Japan Cuts

神様のいるところ My Identity (2019)

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Japan Cuts

海辺の映画館－キネマの玉手箱 Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)

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男はつらいよ　寅次郎相合い傘 Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975)

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男はつらいよ　ぼくの伯父さん Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)

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Japan Cuts

男はつらいよ50 - お帰り 寅さん Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)

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Japan Cuts

Kontora 2019

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Japan Cuts

火口のふたり It Feels So Good (2019)

It’s been over a month and I still think about the opening credits

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Japan Cuts

River of Grass 1995

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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

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Babe 1995

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肉体の門 Gate of Flesh (1964)

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Artist of the Year

El hoyo The Platform (2019)

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988

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春婦伝 Story of a Prostitute (1965)

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Artist of the Year

Leviathan 2012

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河内カルメン Carmen from Kawachi (1966)

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Artist of the Year

Bisbee '17 2018

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Total Recall 1990

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賭場の牝猫 Gambling Kitten (1965)

After watching Suzuki’s “Flesh Trilogy”, I decided to continue with another film starring Yumiko Nogawa. This doesn’t quite live up those films.

Still from Gambling Kitten

洞 The Hole (1999)

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Following 1999

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刺青一代 Tattooed Life (1965)

Worth it if only for the genre/style shift in the finale.

Still from Tattooed Life
Artist of the Year

Spice World: The Movie 1997

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Josie and the Pussycats 2001

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けんかえれじい Fighting Elegy (1966)

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Artist of the Year

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974

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東京流れ者 Tokyo Drifter (1966)

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Artist of the Year

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens Nosferatu (1922)

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殺しの烙印 Branded to Kill (1967)

I first watched this in 2008. It was the first Suzuki film I’d seen, and was the seed for this year’s Artist of the Year selection. It’s hard for me to neutrally assess this, since it clearly left an impact on me then. It was nice seeing so many motifs from earlier films reappear here, even if I’m more impressed with their utilization in the earlier films. It’s remarkable how otherwise stylistically distinct it is from his other Nikkatsu work.

Still from Branded to Kill
Artist of the Year

Season of the Witch 1972

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Sisters 1973

Still from Sisters

Blue Diary 1997

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003

Still from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

拳銃は俺のパスポート A Colt Is My Passport (1967)

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블랙핑크: 세상을 밝혀라 BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020)

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Batman Returns 1992

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The Hills Have Eyes 1977

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Videodrome 1983

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978

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Acid Rain 2019

I’m always excited to see interesting uses of subtitles. There’s a late scene here that does something I’ve never seen before. It’s so good, I suspect the scene is strongest if you don’t know Polish.

Still from Acid Rain

悲愁物語 A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)

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Artist of the Year

The Slumber Party Massacre 1982

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The Best Man 1964

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The Living End 1992

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007

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Smooth Talk 1985

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The Joy of Life 2005

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지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들 Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)

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Totally Fucked Up 1993

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Mysterious Skin 2004

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香港製造 Made in Hong Kong (1997)

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ツィゴイネルワイゼン Zigeunerweisen (1980)

Additionally read the source short story, The Sarasate Disk

I keep returning to this one. While it didn’t grab me in the moment, it’s certainly the Suzuki film I’ve spent the most time thinking about.

Still from Zigeunerweisen
Artist of the Year

The Royal Road 2015

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龍門客棧 Dragon Inn (1967)

Rewatched in anticipation of Metrograph’s screening of Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Still from Dragon Inn

旺角卡門 As Tears Go By (1988)

Watched the 2020 restoration

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阿飛正傳 Days of Being Wild (1990)

Watched the 2020 restoration

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陽炎座 Kagero-za (1981)

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Artist of the Year

플란다스의 개 Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

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不散 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

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夢二 Yumeji (1991)

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Artist of the Year

カポネ大いに泣く Capone Cries a Lot (1985)

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Artist of the Year

ピストルオペラ Pistol Opera (2001)

It’s so good seeing Suzuki work in the blown out early 2000s digital video aesthetic. I might like this even more than the coloring of Tokyo Drifter.

Still from Pistol Opera
Artist of the Year