---
name: "Akira Suzuki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akira-suzuki-70632"
fi1m_id: "akira-suzuki-70632"
imdb_id: "nm0840547"
tmdb_id: 70632
wikidata_id: "Q11648916"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "11 October 1928"
died: "17 April 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:31:17.193470+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Akira Suzuki

## Identity

Akira Suzuki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akira-suzuki-70632
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akira-suzuki-70632
- **IMDb ID:** nm0840547
- **TMDB ID:** 70632
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11648916
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11648916, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70632

Editor. Born 11 October 1928 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Died 17 April 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 11 October 1928, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 17 April 2014
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11648916, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70632

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Tampopo*](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Akira Suzuki (1928–2014) was a Japanese film editor. Born in Osaka, he graduated from Wakayama University in 1952 and began his career as an assistant director at Takarazuka Film before moving to Nikkatsu Studios in 1954, where he worked as an editor. He later served as a director at the studio from 1978 until 1989, after which he focused solely on editing.

Suzuki edited more than 430 films. His credits include *Youth of the Beast* (1963), *Gate of Flesh* (1964), *Branded to Kill* (1967), *A Colt Is My Passport* (1967), *Virus* (1980), *Antarctica* (1983), *The Funeral* (1984), *Tampopo* (1985), for which he received a Japanese Academy Award for Best Editing, *Sailor Suit and Machine Gun* (1981) and *A Taxing Woman's Return* (1988). He won the Cultural Affairs Agency Film Award in 2004.

*Sources: imdb.com, peoplepill.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tampopo* (1985), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md)

## Complete filmography (264)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Translucent Tree* (2004), Editor
- *Pistol Opera* (2001), Editor
- *Bonds* (1998), Editor
- *Woman in Witness Protection* (1997), Editor
- *Fudoh: The New Generation* (1996), Actor
- *Supermarket Woman* (1996), Editor
- *Mitabi no kaikyô* (1995), Editor
- *A Quiet Life* (1995), Editor
- *The Tale of Himeji Castle* (1995), Editor
- *The Girl of Silence* (1995), Editor
- *Ghost Pub* (1994), Editor
- *The Last Dance* (1993), Editor
- *Yearning* (1993), Editor
- *The Dream of Russia* (1992), Editor
- *Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion* (1992), Editor
- *One Bowl of Kakesoba* (1992), Editor
- *Gekashitsu* (1992), Editor
- *Yumeji* (1991), Editor
- *Rainbow Kids* (1991), Editor
- *Tales of a Golden Geisha* (1990), Editor
- *Festival of Dreams* (1989), Editor
- *Sweet Home* (1989), Editor
- *Break Out* (1988), Editor
- *Love Bites Back* (1988), Editor
- *The Silk Road* (1988), Editor
- *Umi e, See You* (1988), Editor
- *A Taxing Woman's Return* (1988), Editor
- *Eien no 1/2* (1987), Editor
- *Luminous Woman* (1987), Editor
- *A Taxing Woman* (1987), Editor
- *Women Who Do Not Divorce* (1986), Editor
- *A Human Promise* (1986), Editor
- *For Business* (1986), Editor
- *The New Morning of Billy the Kid* (1986), Editor
- *Portrait in Prussian Blue* (1986), Editor
- *Lost in the Wilderness* (1986), Editor
- *奥飛騨二重心中* (1985), Editor
- *Tampopo* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md)
- *And Then* (1985), Editor
- *Spring Bell* (1985), Editor
- *Love Letter* (1985), Editor
- *Demon* (1985), Editor
- *Let Him Rest in Peace* (1985), Editor
- *Capone Cries a Lot* (1985), Editor
- *Moment of Demon* (1985), Editor
- *High School Teacher: Maturing* (1985), Editor
- *The Funeral* (1984), Editor
- *Someday, Someone Will Be Killed* (1984), Editor
- *Gemini Woman* (1984), Editor
- *Curtain Call* (1984), Editor
- *Woman with Wet Fingers* (1984), Editor
- *She Cat* (1983), Editor
- *Choji Snack Bar* (1983), Editor
- *Antarctica* (1983), Editor
- *Detective Story* (1983), Editor
- *A Bridge of Tears* (1983), Editor
- *P. P. Rider* (1983), Editor
- *Madam Scandal: Let Me Die for 10 Seconds* (1982), Editor
- *Fossilized Wilderness* (1982), Editor
- *On the Road* (1982), Editor
- *The Go Masters* (1982), Editor
- *Gate of Youth 2* (1982), Editor
- *Sailor Suit and Machine Gun* (1981), Editor
- *Distant Thunder* (1981), Editor
- *Rolling on the Road* (1981), Editor
- *幻の女* (1981), Editor
- *Kagero-za* (1981), Editor
- *Uniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe* (1981), Editor
- *The Moon Mask Rider* (1981), Editor
- *Gate of Youth* (1981), Editor
- *Pleasure Campus: Secret Games* (1980), Editor
- *Until Evening* (1980), Editor
- *Virus* (1980), Editor
- *The Man Who Stole the Sun* (1979), Editor
- *The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf* (1979), Editor
- *Angel Guts: Nami* (1979), Editor
- *Goodbye, Flickmania* (1979), Editor
- *Pink Tush Girl: Love Attack* (1979), Editor
- *The Woman with Red Hair* (1979), Editor
- *Youth - Part II* (1979), Editor
- *Joseito* (1979), Editor
- *Dances of Flame* (1978), Editor
- *Five Pink Girls* (1978), Editor
- *High School Emanuelle: Wet Saturday* (1978), Editor
- *Butterfly Web* (1978), Editor
- *Panic in High School* (1978), Editor
- *The Glacier Fox* (1978), Editor
- *Rape and Death of a Housewife* (1978), Editor
- *An Unforgettable Affair* (1978), Editor
- *Friday Bedroom* (1978), Editor
- *Sweet Revenge* (1977), Editor
- *Apartment Wife: Violated Skin* (1977), Editor
- *Female Teacher* (1977), Editor
- *Eros School: Feels So Good* (1977), Editor
- *Being Assaulted* (1977), Editor
- *Love in the Mud* (1977), Editor
- *The Wild Daisy* (1977), Editor
- *A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness* (1977), Editor
- *Painful Bliss: Final Twist* (1977), Editor
- *Rape! 13th Hour* (1977), Editor
- *A Portrait of Shunkin* (1976), Editor
- *Lady Moonflower* (1976), Editor
- *Lusty Wife: Temptation of Flesh* (1976), Editor
- *Assault!* (1976), Editor
- *International Stewardess: Erotic Flight* (1976), Editor
- *Yojōhan seishun garasu-bari* (1976), Editor
- *Seishojo: hito natsu no keiken* (1976), Editor
- *The Slave Wife* (1976), Editor
- *Kôshoku engi: Nurenure* (1976), Editor
- *The Sea of Eden* (1976), Editor
- *Female Teacher: Cherry Boy Hunt* (1976), Editor
- *True Story of a Woman in Jail: Hell of Love* (1976), Editor
- *Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip* (1975), Editor
- *Great Edo: Secret Story of a Female Doctor in Trouble* (1975), Editor
- *The Surf* (1975), Editor
- *Toruko maruhi saizensen: Mitsugi 96 te* (1975), Editor
- *Ecstasy of the Black Rose* (1975), Editor
- *Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter* (1975), Editor
- *True Story of a Woman in Jail: Continues* (1975), Editor
- *Light of Africa* (1975), Editor
- *Housewife's Experience: Tenement* (1975), Editor
- *The Izu Dancer* (1974), Editor
- *Evening Primrose* (1974), Editor
- *The Four Roughnecks* (1974), Editor
- *Street of Joy* (1974), Editor
- *Black Panther Bitch M* (1974), Editor
- *Tomodachi* (1974), Editor
- *Flower & Snake* (1974), Editor
- *The Key* (1974), Editor
- *The World of Geisha 2 – The Precocious Lad* (1974), Editor
- *Wet Lust: 21 Strippers* (1974), Editor
- *Female Teacher: Sweet Life* (1973), Editor
- *The World of Geisha* (1973), Editor
- *Men and War III: The Final Chapter* (1973), Editor
- *Office Lady Diary: Affair of a She-Cat* (1972), Editor
- *The Blonde in Edo Castle* (1972), Editor
- *Apartment Wife: Prime Woman* (1972), Editor
- *Ichijo's Wet Lust* (1972), Editor
- *Female Coed: Sexy Dynamite* (1972), Editor
- *Sekkusu Dokyumento Karei Naru Henshin* (1972), Editor
- *The Sloe-eyed Siren* (1972), Editor
- *The Last Laugh* (1972), Editor
- *August: Scent of Eros* (1972), Editor
- *Woman on the Night Train* (1972), Editor
- *Apartment Wife: Unforgettable Night* (1972), Editor
- *The Love Sorceress* (1972), Editor
- *Night of the Felines* (1972), Editor
- *Dead Blossoms* (1972), Editor
- *Warmth of Love* (1972), Editor
- *Sigh of Roses* (1972), Editor
- *Burning Desire* (1972), Editor
- *Wet Lips* (1972), Editor
- *Glorious Moment: A Woman's Scroll* (1972), Editor
- *Sex Rider: Wet Highway* (1971), Editor
- *Bad Girl Mako* (1971), Editor
- *Monk's Paradise* (1971), Editor
- *Blood for Blood* (1971), Editor
- *Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter* (1970), Editor
- *Tomorrow's Joe* (1970), Editor
- *Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss* (1970), Editor
- *Showdown in Gangland* (1970), Editor
- *We Sell It Because It Sells* (1969), Editor
- *Savage Wolf Pack* (1969), Editor
- *The Spiders' The Road to Bali* (1968), Editor
- *Outlaw: Heartless* (1968), Editor
- *Front Row Life* (1968), Editor
- *Lost Love* (1967), Editor
- *Massacre Gun* (1967), Editor
- *Branded to Kill* (1967), Editor
- *A Warm Misty Night* (1967), Editor
- *Thirst for Love* (1967), Editor
- *A Colt Is My Passport* (1967), Editor
- *The Scarred Angel* (1966), Editor
- *I'll Never Cry!* (1966), Editor
- *The Swan Elegy* (1966), Editor
- *Kill or Be Killed* (1966), Editor
- *Tomo o okuru uta* (1966), Editor
- *Till We Meet Again* (1966), Editor
- *Night of Sorrow* (1966), Editor
- *Black Tight Killers* (1966), Editor
- *Carmen from Kawachi* (1966), Editor
- *The Four Loves* (1965), Editor
- *The Dragon of Macao* (1965), Editor
- *Tattooed Life* (1965), Editor
- *Prison Walls of Abashiri 3* (1965), Editor
- *Born Under Crossed Stars* (1965), Editor
- *The Start of Life* (1965), Editor
- *Song of Farewell* (1965), Editor
- *Story of a Prostitute* (1965), Editor
- *Black Strait* (1964), Editor
- *The Flame of Devotion* (1964), Editor
- *The Call of Blood* (1964), Editor
- *Gate of Flesh* (1964), Editor
- *Spirit of Youth* (1964), Editor
- *Black Sun* (1964), Editor
- *The Flower and the Angry Waves* (1964), Editor
- *Kanto Wanderer* (1963), Editor
- *The Incorrigible* (1963), Editor
- *Foggy Night Blues* (1963), Editor
- *Youth of the Beast* (1963), Editor
- *Gone in the Rain* (1963), Editor
- *I Fly for Kicks* (1963), Editor
- *Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!* (1963), Editor
- *Beyond the Green Hills* (1963), Editor
- *The Guys Who Put Money on Me* (1962), Editor
- *Fresh Leaves* (1962), Editor
- *Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love* (1962), Editor
- *I Hate But Love* (1962), Editor
- *Teenage Yakuza* (1962), Editor
- *Love in Ginza* (1962), Editor
- *Mexico Drifter* (1962), Editor
- *The Black Scar* (1961), Editor
- *Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab* (1961), Editor
- *Blood-Red Water in the Channel* (1961), Editor
- *The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass* (1961), Editor
- *Gambler in the Sea* (1961), Editor
- *The Man with a Shotgun* (1961), Editor
- *Living by Karate* (1961), Editor
- *Yabure Kabure* (1961), Editor
- *Tokyo Knights* (1961), Editor
- *He Killed Dad* (1961), Editor
- *Fighting Delinquents* (1960), Editor
- *Everything Goes Wrong* (1960), Editor
- *The Warped Ones* (1960), Editor
- *The Call of the Foghorn* (1960), Editor
- *Smashing the 0-Line* (1960), Editor
- *Volcano Wind* (1960), Editor
- *The Sleeping Beast Within* (1960), Editor
- *Intimidation* (1960), Editor
- *The Drifter from the Sea* (1960), Editor
- *Take Aim at the Police Van* (1960), Editor
- *The Age of Our Own* (1959), Editor
- *A Turning to Hell* (1959), Editor
- *Windy Street* (1959), Editor
- *Tokyo no Kodoku* (1959), Editor
- *Love Letter* (1959), Editor
- *Immoral Lecture* (1959), Editor
- *Friendship of Jazz* (1959), Editor
- *Zoku fûfu hyakkei* (1958), Editor
- *Showdown in the Storm* (1958), Editor
- *Voice Without a Shadow* (1958), Editor
- *Young Breasts* (1958), Editor
- *The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow* (1958), Editor
- *The Stars Know Everything* (1958), Editor
- *That Wonderful Guy* (1958), Editor
- *The Boy Who Came Back* (1958), Editor
- *The Nun* (1958), Editor
- *Underworld Beauty* (1958), Editor
- *Man Who Causes a Storm* (1957), Editor
- *I Am Waiting* (1957), Editor
- *Small Rats of the Edo Town* (1957), Editor
- *The Eagle and the Hawk* (1957), Editor
- *Eight Hours of Terror* (1957), Editor
- *Inn of the Floating Weeds* (1957), Editor
- *Dancing Sisters* (1957), Editor
- *Lunar Eclipse* (1956), Editor
- *Frankie the Milkman* (1956), Editor
- *Satan's Town* (1956), Editor
- *Pure Emotions of the Sea* (1956), Editor
- *Phoenix* (1956), Editor
- *Crossroad* (1956), Editor
- *Jazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets* (1956), Editor
- *Three Faces* (1955), Editor
- *The Green Music Box* (1955), Editor

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