Suzuki Matsuo

Apanese theatre director, actor and writer (born 1962)

Suzuki Matsuo (松尾 スズキ, Matsuo Suzuki; born 15 December 1962) is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.2

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Born Dec 15, 1962.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedKyushu Sangyo University3

Career

Occupation: playwright, novelist, actor, director, impresario, illustrator, screenwriter, film director.4

Born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Suzuki started his own theatre troupe, Otona Keikaku, in 1988 and was joined by such talent as Kankuro Kudo and Sadao Abe. He won the Kishida Prize for Drama in 1997 for Fankī! Uchū wa mieru tokoro made shika nai. In addition to acting and directing, he also writes, and won the Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year in 2008 for Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

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Personal life

  • BornDec 15, 1962, Kitakyūshū5
  • CitizenshipJapan6

Awards

  • 2008Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year for Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad7 8