Tapio Suominen

Directing

Tapio Suominen

Born 1946-11-02 · Porvoo, Finland

Tapio Suominen is a Finnish film writer and director.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

17. kesä poster
NR

A fictional tale of a mother and a 17-year-old boy moving from countryside to city and the start of a new life in the middle of a concrete jungle.

17. kesä

1976

17. kesä poster
NR

A fictional tale of a mother and a 17-year-old boy moving from countryside to city and the start of a new life in the middle of a concrete jungle.

17. kesä

1976

Porttikielto taivaaseen poster
4.3

High-class prostitute Bella works for hotel manager TT with Sara, Lulu and Cindy. However, Bella misses the ordinary life and love of her youth Timo, who is a hockey player on the team owned by TT.

Porttikielto taivaaseen

1990

Porttikielto taivaaseen poster
4.3

High-class prostitute Bella works for hotel manager TT with Sara, Lulu and Cindy. However, Bella misses the ordinary life and love of her youth Timo, who is a hockey player on the team owned by TT.

Porttikielto taivaaseen

1990

Iso vaalee poster
4.0

Young hockey player Illu spends his summer in local restaurants, just like the stunning blonde Salme, with whom he and every man in town is in love.

Iso vaalee

1983

Kyläkauppa poster
NR

A dramatized documentary about the importance of a village shop to the village community.

Kyläkauppa

1979

Kyläkauppa poster
NR

A dramatized documentary about the importance of a village shop to the village community.

Kyläkauppa

1979

Aidankaatajat poster
7.5

Three old men escape from the hospital and travel to Turku in search of one of the mens daughter

Aidankaatajat

1982

Koomikko poster
9.0

Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations of bird sounds. Alienated look at the frustrations of show business, as presented by a cast of popular Finnish TV comedians with their absurd dialogue and eccentric inside jokes.

Koomikko

1983

Pulakapina poster
7.0

Based on a true story about the so called 1932 Horse Rebellion in Nivala, Finland. The decision to put down a sick horse owned by a poor farmer rises the farmers in open rebellion against the authorities.

Pulakapina

1977

Narrien illat poster
4.4

The ups and downs of the popular music world are revealed to a singer.

Narrien illat

1970

Narrien illat poster
4.4

The ups and downs of the popular music world are revealed to a singer.

Narrien illat

1970

Syöksykierre poster
3.8

Drama set in Stockholm and Helsinki and a village whose existence is threatened by a power plant. A group of young people return to their roots and are disappointed by what they find.

Syöksykierre

1981

Syöksykierre poster
3.8

Drama set in Stockholm and Helsinki and a village whose existence is threatened by a power plant. A group of young people return to their roots and are disappointed by what they find.

Syöksykierre

1981

Täältä tullaan, elämä! poster
5.4

In the punk rock era of the late 1970s three restless teenagers, two boys and a girl, spend their time in and out of a special class for problem kids. Jussi seldom sees his parents at home, so he is free to indulge in petty crimes, pranks, and getting drunk with his friend Pete. Jussi falls in love with equally rebellious classmate Lissu (Aki Kaurismäki's favourite actress Kati Outinen in her debut role), but the lovers' plan to run away together fails dramatically.

Täältä tullaan, elämä!

1980

Täältä tullaan, elämä! poster
5.4

In the punk rock era of the late 1970s three restless teenagers, two boys and a girl, spend their time in and out of a special class for problem kids. Jussi seldom sees his parents at home, so he is free to indulge in petty crimes, pranks, and getting drunk with his friend Pete. Jussi falls in love with equally rebellious classmate Lissu (Aki Kaurismäki's favourite actress Kati Outinen in her debut role), but the lovers' plan to run away together fails dramatically.

Täältä tullaan, elämä!

1980

We Want to Live poster
NR

Illustrates the effects of hereditary muscle degeneration disease on a family.

We Want to Live

1977

We Want to Live poster
NR

Illustrates the effects of hereditary muscle degeneration disease on a family.

We Want to Live

1977

Insiders poster
3.9

An afternoon newspaper reporter's tape recorder picks up sensitive information while he is working on a story about so-called yuppie culture. The picture shows the symbols of yuppie life, from muscle boats and convertibles to Mobira Cityman 900 mobile phones. However, a murder within the inner circle brings the superficial world of money and sex to a halt.

Insiders

1989

Mosku: The Last of His Kind poster
5.8

A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is also involved in the bandit hunt on the side of Soviet Russia led by Wallenius, the commander of the Lapland border guard.

Mosku: The Last of His Kind

2003

Mosku: The Last of His Kind poster
5.8

A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is also involved in the bandit hunt on the side of Soviet Russia led by Wallenius, the commander of the Lapland border guard.

Mosku: The Last of His Kind

2003

The Accident poster
NR

Traffic education film.

The Accident

1976

The Accident poster
NR

Traffic education film.

The Accident

1976