Suzuki Matsuo


Suzuki Matsuo is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.

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 . As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

Selected filmography

As director

Film