Masayuki SUO 周防正行
Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride
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A bawdy pastiche of the works of Yasujiro OZU, the Grand Master of the Japanese home drama, presenting the members of a far-from-typical family. By the director who would later give us the sublime ballroom comedy SHALL WE DANCE?
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Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride (NC 2009)
Japan 1984
62 minutes
Production
Kokuei
World sales
Stance Company
Cast
Kaoru KAZE, Mika YAMAJI, Usagi ASO, Ren OSUGI, Shiro SHIMOMOTO
About Masayuki SUO
周防正行
Masayuki SUO, born in Tokyo in 1956, studied French Literature at Rikkyo University. He made his debut as a director with the pink film ABNORMAL FAMILY: OLDER BROTHER’S BRIDE (1984 / NC ’09). He gained international recognition for his award-winning comedies SUMO DO, SUMO DON'T (1992 / NC ’00) and SHALL WE DANCE? (1996). In 1993, he co-founded the production company Altamira Pictures. His drama I JUST DIDN’T DO IT (2007) won the Kinema Junpo Best Film Award. In 2006, he received the Shiju Hosho Medal for his merits in the Japanese film industry.