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Japanese film director (born 1956)

Masayuki Suo (周防 正行, Suo Masayuki, born October 29, 1956^[1]) is a Japanesefilm director. He is best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) and Shall We Dance? (1996).

Life and career

In 1982, along with filmmakers Yoshiho Fukuoka, Itsumichi Isomura, Toshiyuki Mizutani and Akira Yoneda, Suo founded a production company called Unit 5.^[2] Suo worked as an assistant director and appeared in the cast of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's directorial debut, the pink filmKandagawa Pervert Wars (1983).^[3] At this early stage in his career, Suo also wrote scripts for the pink film genre, such as Scanty Panty Doll: Pungent Aroma (1983).^[4] Suo first film as director was also in the pink film genre: Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride (1984), a film designed as a tribute and satire of Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story.^[5] In his book on the pink film,