Norifumi Suzuki (鈴木 則文, Suzuki Norifumi, November 26, 1933 â€"
May 15, 2014), was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is
best known for the Torakku YarÅ series.Suzuki was born in 1933 in
Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of
Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant
director in 1956, learning his craft under Masahiro Makino, Tai Kato
and Tomu Uchida. He made his screenwriting debut on director KÅ kichi
Uchide's 1963 film Zoku: Tenamonya Sandogasa (co-written with Takaharu
Sawada), and his directorial debut in 1965 with Osaka DokonjÅ
Monogatari: Doerai Yatsu, starring Makoto Fujita.At the behest of Toei
producer Shigeru Okada, Suzuki wrote the script for female gambler
film Red Peony Gambler (1968) starring Junko Fuji, which became a hit
series spanning eight films.He directed Star of David: Hunting for
Beautiful Girls (1979).
May 15, 2014), was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is
best known for the Torakku YarÅ series.Suzuki was born in 1933 in
Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of
Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant
director in 1956, learning his craft under Masahiro Makino, Tai Kato
and Tomu Uchida. He made his screenwriting debut on director KÅ kichi
Uchide's 1963 film Zoku: Tenamonya Sandogasa (co-written with Takaharu
Sawada), and his directorial debut in 1965 with Osaka DokonjÅ
Monogatari: Doerai Yatsu, starring Makoto Fujita.At the behest of Toei
producer Shigeru Okada, Suzuki wrote the script for female gambler
film Red Peony Gambler (1968) starring Junko Fuji, which became a hit
series spanning eight films.He directed Star of David: Hunting for
Beautiful Girls (1979).
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