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Masayuki Suo

Japanese film director

5.25body-of-work score · ranked #197 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
October 29, 1956 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Masayuki Suo
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Shall We Dance?Shall we ダンス?Must-See #359

    1996 · Japan · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1996 #1 · Japan Academy Prize winner 1997 · Sarris's annual top 10 1997 #2

    2.073 citations
  2. 2
    Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tシコふんじゃった。Must-See #470

    1992 · Japan · comedy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1992 #1 · Japan Academy Prize winner 1993

    1.752 citations
  3. 3
    I Just Didn't Do Itそれでもボクはやってない

    2007 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2007 #1

    1.001 citation
  4. 4
    A Terminal Trust終の信託

    2012 · Japan · drama, romance

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2012 #4

    0.431 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.