Masayuki Suzuki (Director)
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Works
Influence
Yuri goes to a female novelist and tells her that she and two of her friends committed three murders. Yuri asks the novelist to write a story about them.
Release Date2021-03-20
Charactersd Satoko's Grandfather
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
Tales of the Bizarre
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
Release Date1990-04-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count6
Hero
Former delinquent turned unconventional prosecutor Kohei Kuryu shakes up the legal world with his street-smart instincts and unorthodox style, clashing with ambitious colleague Maiko Amamiya while his relentless pursuit of justice gradually transforms those around him.
Release Date2001-01-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count22
Vote Count31
Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
Release Date1994-04-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count19
Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP
Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP.
Release Date1999-01-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Release Date1990-10-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count52
Vote Count2
Hero
After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.
Release Date2007-09-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count31
Shomuni
Shomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here are six women who have ended up in this department known as "the dump" for office ladies. But Chinatsu Tsuboi (Makiko Esumi) declares that the value of woman is equal to the number of men. With her as the central focus they create a totally new type of office lady drama that does away with those heartless men still caught up in worn-out social ideas and the class system within the company.
Release Date1998-04-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Vote Count7
Hero
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
Release Date2015-07-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count34
Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori
Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also while in Edo, Hattori must find out why their rivals, the Koga Ninjas, are flourishing while the Iga Ninjas are dying out. Hattori's master is Kenichi, a 9 year old boy. Kenichi is an introvert and not very popular boy, so he never plays with the other children from school. Kenichi also has a secret crush on a young lady called Midori, yet he's too shy to speak to her. Though as he watches Hattori trying his best, he too begins to try. Meanwhile, people are being found unconscious, their bodies completely unmarked. All the victims have a tattoo (the Koga Ninja crest) and are found with a throwing knife lying close by.
Release Date2004-08-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
Radiation House
Iori Igarashi is a talented radiographer who believes the “truth” is definitely captured in CT and MRI images. He and radiologist An Amakasu work at a hospital’s radiology department where they determine the causes of patients’ illnesses and injuries.
Release Date2019-04-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Vote Count6
Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Spring Special
Release Date2013-05-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Eikichi Onizuka, former gang leader, becomes a teacher of a class of students who torment their teachers and fellow students. Of course they do not do this out of whim, they have their reasons. Onizuka is charged by the chairlady to help these troubled students into a more healthy adulthood, and help rehabilitate the teachers in the process as well.
Release Date1998-07-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
Vote Count38
Long Vacation
Minami who is dumped by her ex-boyfriend, Asakura, on their wedding day. She later meets Sena, Asakura's ex-roommate and a pianist, and lives with him as she has no other place to stay. What will happen to her during this long vacation?
Release Date1996-04-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count35
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Fall Special
Release Date2009-10-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
Release Date2011-11-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
People of the Isono Family ~Ms Sazae 20 years from now~
It's 20 years later and the Isono family is having a rough time. Katsuo is facing a series of professional setbacks. Wakame is having a tough time coming up with original designs. Tarao is in the process of job hunting but can't find what he wants to do. Sazae wants to do her best to return happiness to her family in the face of an impending storm during the Bon Odori competition.
Release Date2019-11-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.
Release Date1999-12-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count36
Masquerade Night
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
Release Date2021-09-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
Masquerade Hotel
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
Release Date2019-03-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count40
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.
Release Date2023-02-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count14
Tales of the Unusual
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.
Release Date2000-11-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count11
Radiation House: The Movie
Iori Igarashi works as a radiographer at a general hospital. He has been depressed, because An Amakasu, whom he loves, has decided to travel abroad to Washington Medical University to learn more as radiologist. The members of Radiation House encourages Iori. One day, An learns that her father is in serious condition. Her father was the only practicing doctor at a small clinic on a remote island. When An arrives, her father tells her to be a doctor who sees patients as a person and not a disease before he passed away. An decides to stay on the island because of a patient that her father cared about. A massive typhoon soon hits the island and a landslide then occurs. An unknown infectious disease spreads afterwards on the island. Iori knows that An is struggling on the remote island and he makes a decision for An and the residents of the island.
Release Date2022-04-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Honnouji Hotel
In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who is attempting to unify Japan.
Release Date2017-01-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count16
Princess Toyotomi
National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their homebase of Tokyo to the city of Osaka. Their mission is to discover any financial irregularities & to ensure the correct use of federal money in the Osaka city government. Their initial audits go smoothly, but things turn more interesting once they enter the Karahori shopping district - the area with a long history reaching back to the Meiji era.
Release Date2011-05-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
王様のレストラン
Release Date1995-04-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count6
Vote Count4
Botchan
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.
Release Date2016-01-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
世界奇妙物语1991年春之特别篇
Tales of the Bizarre: Spring Special aired on April 4, 1991.
Release Date1991-04-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
ONE DAY~It’s Wonderful Christmas Ado~
Three people come from different backgrounds and face their own troubles. Their fate leads them to face each other as their destinies become intertwined.
Release Date2023-10-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
The Fantastic Deer-Man
Forced out of his research group after conflicts with his colleagues, Ogawa Takanobu takes up an offer to teach at a girls' high school in Nara. When taking roll call on the first day one of his students, Hotta Ito, sneaks into class late, claiming a bogus excuse--that she got a ticket after trying to park her deer in front of the train station.
Release Date2008-01-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count6
吹く風は秋
Release Date2017-12-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
29-sai no Christmas
Noriko is approaching 30 and is still unmarried. She is a fashion designer, dreaming of success and a Paris Collection. On her 29th birthday her world falls apart. Her boss transfers her from design to managing a bar. Her boyfriend betrays her for another woman. Shocked, Noriko decides to leave home and to move in with her best friend, Aya. The story of one woman's struggle to find happiness and love.
Release Date1994-10-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Farewell, Mr. Premier
What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister who faces daily protests of citizens, inside betrayals, and the decision of a new Chief Cabinet Secretary. He makes an unprecedented selection, choosing his daughter's private tutor, who is only in his 20s and not even a politician! Will the Prime Minister be able to turn his ratings around, or will he be forced to resign? This drama focuses on the government of Japan, with a comedic twist.
Release Date1997-04-08
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Star Struck
A Japanese take on Notting Hill. Sosuke Nakata, is just your everyday salaried worker. There is really nothing special that stands out about Nakata. He is a serious guy, whose life mostly consists of going back and forth to the office each day. Suddenly one day though, Nakata just happens to meet a certain woman by coincidence-top star, Hikaruko Kirishima. Just by talking to her, Nakata is left standing feeling like he has just seen a dream. Several days later, Kirishima calls an emergency press conference. And there she announces..."I am now dating a gentleman by the name of Sosuke Nakata, a salaried worker, whom I intend to marry." An announcement about their "relationship," out of the blue! More than that, this top star's boyfriend is just your typical salaried worker!! What does Kirishima have up her sleeve as she hides behind her intrepid smile?! Nakata obviously has no idea about what happened at the press conference. He also doesn't know what lies ahead for him at work, and about Hikaruko's true intentions. This story, a somewhat funny, but romantic love story, follows the footsteps of a man and woman from very different worlds, as they experience the painful and sometimes remarkable ups and downs of love.
Release Date2001-10-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count2
Will of Ex-Boyfriend
Reiko Kenmochi (Haruka Ayase) works as a successful lawyer at a big law firm. She is ambitious and she is also honest about her desire to make a lot of money. One day, due to a bonus cut issue, Reiko Kenmochi becomes upset and takes a leave from her job. During her break, she spends time sending emails to people she knows, including her ex-boyfriend Eiji Morikawa. She then receives an email from a mysterious person, Shinoda. That email states that her ex-boyfriend Eiji Morikawa died. She is also surprised to learn that his will states that his entire fortune will be handed over to the person who killed him. Reiko Kenmochi devises a plan to split her ex-boyfriend's fortune with Shinoda, turning Shinoda into Eiji Morikawa’s killer.
Release Date2022-04-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count5
Omiai kekkon
This comedy-romance is about the arranged marriage between an ex-cabin attendant suffering from the pain of lost love, and an elite employee of a trading company. After resigning from her job as a cabin attendant to get married, Setsuko’s would-be fiancé runs off. Following this tragedy, Setsuko spends her days chain-smoking and drinking heavily to escape her broken heart. Meanwhile, Kotaro, an employee of a big trading company, is offered an assignment in Milan. Although Kotaro wanted the job, he had one problem: the conditions state that he needs a wife. Hastily, a date is set for the two to meet for a potential arranged marriage. Despite the fact that neither of them is looking forward to the meeting, fate has a way of bringing two doubtful souls together
Release Date2000-01-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count2
Bakeru-kun
1987 TV Movie Adaptation of Bakeru-kun
Release Date1987-05-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
My name is Reiko Shiratori!
The series follows the rich, beautiful, and stuck-up Reiko Shiratori, who has been in love with her friend Tetsuya Akimoto since childhood.
Release Date1993-01-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
Priceless
Originally a mid-level manager (Kimura Takuya) with a promising future in a big corporation and loved by his subordinates, the life of this elite employee changes dramatically one day. Having for some reason attracted the attention of the senior management, he is framed for a crime which he knows nothing of and forced out of the workplace. Even after that, he is assailed by a series of surprises and in one day, he loses his house, wealth and handphone until he is without a cent to his name. At his wits end, he comes to a park where he encounters two children. Learning from them how to survive even if he does not have money, he somehow weathers this crisis and discovers the truly important and priceless things in life. The good thing about him is that his carefree personality amazingly does not shift. It is not resentment and bitterness that become his driving force, but the love and help of the people he meets that enables him to keep go forward step by step.
Release Date2012-10-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count7
Chinese Cuisine Served Star Leo Style
The Star Leo is a luxury cruiser shuttling between Japan and Hong Kong. On this cruise, seven top chefs known as "culinary kings" have been invited for a major event in which guests can savor a fancy dinner that they cook up. This event was planned by Shiori Tachibana, a woman who learned business management in Hong Kong. But the restaurant chefs "Heiheiro" aboard the luxury ship left in protest against the event, and to make matters worse, due to a certain slip-up, the "culinary kings" also failed to board the ship, which then set sail for Japan without them. Tachibana gets the cooperation of the "loser" chef remaining in the restaurant together with their apprentice chef, crewmembers and passengers for a team of five people to take on the cooking for the event. What will the voyage of the Star Leo turn out to be?
Release Date2003-01-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Love Still Hasn't Begun
Two hundred years ago, two star-crossed lovers commit suicide rather than be apart, and vow to get together in their next life. It's now present day, and they're both reincarnated, but without any memory of their past lives together. Will they fulfill their destiny? This show is one of the most heartwarming doramas I've seen, and I mean that in a good way, not in the usual fake TV way. --- micahworld.com
Release Date1995-10-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count5
Vote Count1
Narita Divorce
Release Date1997-10-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
I Love Dad Best in the World
The protagonist is a 41-year-old divorced lawyer. 13 years ago, his wife's infidelity led him to abandon his then 5-year-old daughter and leave home. This summer, his wife departed to heaven. The daughter still hates her father for abandoning her, and wants to attend a university in Tokyo so she doesn't have to live with him...
Release Date1998-07-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
いつも誰かに恋してるッ
Release Date1990-01-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual," in which Tamori serves as the storyteller, "Tales of the Tales of the Unusual 35th Anniversary Special: Legendary Masterpieces One Night Only Revival Edition" will be broadcast on Fuji TV's "Saturday Premium" slot (Saturday 9pm) on May 31st. The program will feature five of Tamori's most famous works from the series' past. The programs that will be broadcast on the 31st are as follows: "BLACK ROOM" (broadcast in 2001, starring Takuya Kimura) "The Night Train Man" (broadcast in 2002, starring Ren Osugi) "Locker" (broadcast in 1990, starring Yuji Oda) "Bijokan" (broadcast in 2005, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki) "Memories of Love, Don't Stop" (broadcast in 2019, starring Yuki Saito)
Release Date2025-05-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2002 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Mushi Game (Ignore the Game) - starring Uchiyama Rina 2. Okashina Machi (Funny Town) - starring Yanagiba Toshiro 3. Tokage no Shippo (Lizard's Tail) - starring Kashiwabara Takashi 4. Yogisha no Otoko (Man's Night Train) - starring Osugi Ren 5. Manhole - starring Kagawa Teruyuki
Release Date2002-03-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Tales of the Bizarre: 1992 Winter Special
Tales of the Bizarre: 1992 Winter Special is a special edition of Tales of the Bizarre that aired on Fuji Television on December 30, 1992.
Release Date1992-12-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Tales of the Bizarre: 1990 Winter Special
Tales of the Bizarre: 1990 Winter Special is a special edition of Tales of the Bizarre that aired on Fuji Television on January 3, 1991.
Release Date1991-01-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector