Suzuki Matsuo

is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.

Career

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 '. As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

• Otakus in Love (2004)
• Female (2005) segment "Yoru no Shita (Licking Nights)"
• Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
• ' (2015)
• ' (2019)

• Ichi the Killer (2001)
• Be with You (2004)
• ' (2005)
• Forbidden Siren (2006)
• The Shock Labyrinth (2009)
• Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Tornado Girl (2017)
• Louder!: Don't See What You Are Singing (2018)
• ' (2019)
• ' (2019) - Gorō Kaiba
• ' (2020)
• I Am Makimoto (2022)
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023)