# Seijun Suzuki's best films, ranked

From Nikkatsu action films to the Taisho trilogy: Suzuki's best, based on the 2017 memorial fan vote and Cinema Rank.

- 17 votes · 13 items
- Nov 18, 2024 · yokohamavinyl
- https://even.best/en/l/3308/seijun-suzuki-s-best-films-ranked

## Top 13

1. **Zigeunerweisen (1980)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The first of his Taisho trilogy; Kinema Junpo's number one and a special jury mention in Berlin.
2. **Tokyo Drifter (1966)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tetsuya Watari in a pop-art yakuza film.
3. **Fighting Elegy (1966)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hideki Takahashi as a brawling schoolboy.
4. **Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — An anime feature co-directed with Shigetsugu Yoshida.
5. **Pistol Opera (2001)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Makiko Esumi as an assassin.
6. **Kagero-za (1981)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The second Taisho film, in the world of Kyoka Izumi.
7. **Kanto Wanderer (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A yakuza film starring Akira Kobayashi.
8. **Tattooed Life (1965)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A yakuza film with Hideki Takahashi.
9. **Yumeji (1991)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kenji Sawada as the painter Yumeji Takehisa; the end of the trilogy.
10. **Branded to Kill (1967)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Joe Shishido as a hitman; the film that got him fired by Nikkatsu.
11. **Youth of the Beast (1963)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Joe Shishido as an ex-cop infiltrating the gangs.
12. **Gate of Flesh (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Prostitutes just after the war; from Taijiro Tamura.
13. **Princess Raccoon (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A musical with Zhang Ziyi and Joe Odagiri.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.