Directing

Hideo Suzuki

Born — Died

1916-05-10 — 2002-05-02

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Born on May 10, 1916 in present-day Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. He went on to study in order to take over the shipping business of his family, but his love of movies grew so much that he entered Nihon University's College of Art in 1933. In 1939, when he was 23 years old, he joined the assistant director department of Shinko Kinema Tokyo Studio , relying on a distant relative of Shiro Toyoda as soon as he graduated. He transferred to Toho in 1943. As a middle-ranking director of the company, he worked in all genres, including literary works and comedies, but his main strengths were in thrillers and suspense. In 1962 , he won the Special Jury Prize at the São Paulo Film Festival for his…

Known for

Behind the camera

Vagabond Employee: Outcry poster
NR

When a corrupt executive takes over his struggling company and violates his girlfriend, a young salaryman declares war, leaving his job to expose the truth by any means necessary.

Vagabond Employee: Outcry

1959

A Dangerous Hero poster
9.0

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

A Dangerous Hero

1957

Great Incidents poster
NR

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Great Incidents

1967

Woman of Design poster
6.7

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

Woman of Design

1962

Woman of Design poster
6.7

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

Woman of Design

1962

The Immortal Pitcher poster
NR

Baseball movie about Eiji Sawamura.

The Immortal Pitcher

1955

Stairs of Evil poster
NR

Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a life of leisure. They celebrated with Iwao’s woman, Rumiko. However, it was too early to celebrate. They decided not to use the money for six months to avoid suspicion and stored it in a safe. But one day, Konishi asked for his share of the money in advance, even if it meant receiving a smaller portion, igniting the dark flame of desire among Iwao and the others.

Stairs of Evil

1965

Stairs of Evil poster
NR

Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a life of leisure. They celebrated with Iwao’s woman, Rumiko. However, it was too early to celebrate. They decided not to use the money for six months to avoid suspicion and stored it in a safe. But one day, Konishi asked for his share of the money in advance, even if it meant receiving a smaller portion, igniting the dark flame of desire among Iwao and the others.

Stairs of Evil

1965

The First Kiss poster
6.4

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

The First Kiss

1955

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife

1957

Koi no Oranda-zaka poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of Nagasaki, a love story blossoms between an unfortunate circus girl and a shipbuilding engineer.

Koi no Oranda-zaka

1951

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband poster
NR

The fourth instalment in the Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei series.

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband

1960

No artwork available
NR

A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.

Futari de miru hoshi

1947

No artwork available
NR

A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.

Futari de miru hoshi

1947

I Saw the Killer poster
NR

A man running a small radio repair shop becomes a key witness in a murder case.

I Saw the Killer

1956

Flower's Yearning poster
7.0

Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family expectation and an arranged marriage. Her path shifts when she encounters Shinichi, whose presence stirs both inspiration and conflict within the tightly bound world around her. Amid love, rivalry, and the fragile beauty of flowers, Kozue must decide how to shape her own future.

Flower's Yearning

1958

Structure of Hate poster
7.0

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

Structure of Hate

1961

City of the Spider poster
NR

Inspired by the "Shimoyama Incident," which caused a great stir in society in 1949, the year before its release, this masterpiece suspense film thrillingly depicts the fate of a man caught up in a crime.

City of the Spider

1950

The Forbidden Scoop poster
NR

Modern comedy social drama about a reporter (Mihashi) for the Toto Shimpo determined to scoop his rivals during the murder investigation of the president of a machinery company. A highly critical drama about the lack of ethics by both reporters and the newspapers they work for.

The Forbidden Scoop

1960

Saijoke no kyoen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Saijoke no kyoen

1951

The Lighthouse poster
NR

After returning from the war, a man falls in love at first sight with the beautiful young woman who welcomes him home only to discover she is Isako, his father’s new wife and therefore his stepmother.

The Lighthouse

1959

Long Way to Okinawa poster
9.0

1962 Japanese movie

Long Way to Okinawa

1962

Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes

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Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face poster
NR

Salaryman comedy.

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face

1960

Walleyed Nippon poster
8.0

Comedy about a Japanese-American professor, a nuclear scientist, who returns to Japan to search for a typically subservient Japanese wife.

Walleyed Nippon

1963

Vagabond Employee: Revenge poster
NR

Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true support where he least expects it.

Vagabond Employee: Revenge

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love Express

1954

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation poster
NR

A despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko Matsubara). The wife finally kills him, but...

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation

1980

3 Raccoon Dogs poster
5.0

A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape, landing them in prison—while a former mark prospers by stealing their tricks.

3 Raccoon Dogs

1966

Zoku santō jūyaku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku santō jūyaku

1952

Pure Love poster
NR

Toshiro, a naval reserve student, is a kamikaze pilot. Unsure of how long he will live, Toshiro had no intention of marrying. However, after witnessing the deaths of his comrades and experiencing air raids, he decides to marry his lover, Teruko. But one day, while piloting a kamikaze plane in place of his comrades, Toshiro's plane's wing is shot out during a fierce aerial battle.

Pure Love

1956

Pure Love poster
NR

Toshiro, a naval reserve student, is a kamikaze pilot. Unsure of how long he will live, Toshiro had no intention of marrying. However, after witnessing the deaths of his comrades and experiencing air raids, he decides to marry his lover, Teruko. But one day, while piloting a kamikaze plane in place of his comrades, Toshiro's plane's wing is shot out during a fierce aerial battle.

Pure Love

1956

Daybreak Chorus poster
NR

In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Saburō, the company president’s playful younger brother, who slowly reveals a more sincere side.

Daybreak Chorus

1963

The Rookie Managers poster
NR

1955 Japanese movie

The Rookie Managers

1955

Mako Osorubeshi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mako Osorubeshi

1954

The Decoy poster
NR

Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.

The Decoy

1957

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Young Eyes

1954

Vampire Scream poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vampire Scream

1973

Blue Buds poster
NR

Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—then reconsiders, realizing both still have growing to do before love can truly begin.

Blue Buds

1956

Miss Hanaogi and Santa poster
NR

A beautiful tale of teacher-student love between a pure-hearted female teacher and a group of wild boys unfolds on the banks of a river in a mountain gorge.

Miss Hanaogi and Santa

1952