Seizô Sengen

Birth : 1938-07-23, Kyoto, Japan

Death : 2020-03-01

Movies

No One Can Draw My Picture
Cinematography
The story of a young man named Y, filmed in 8mm to poetically portray friendship, love, the bond between mother-and-son, and repression within a group led by "Great Uncle" and "Mr. Death".
The Laughing Policeman
Director of Photography
A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corruption.
TANNKA
Cinematography
Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling, youthful suitor.
True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules
Cinematography
Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Cinematography
Heisei Zankeiden is finally complete! Seven years ago, the man who fought to take over the organization is back. He seeks out the truth of the conflict from prison and heads for revenge.
The Accomplice
Director of Photography
This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kimchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
Cinematography
A lone wolf yakuza vs detective. It was supposed to be an undercover investigation into the Yakuza organization… A drama of friendship and betrayal between men living in different worlds.
Heisei Zankeiden: The Wolf Slashes!
Cinematography
Hideo Sakiki, a man who once crushed a hostile organization by himself, is back. This is because the funeral of the leader who was taken care of. However, the existence of Hideo stimulates other organizations as well as dislike...
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Cinematography
Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.
Steel & Lead
Cinematography
A hard-boiled film that follows a detective who will be killed the next morning should he fail his mission, the yakuza assigned to watch over him, and the friendship that develops as they work together.
Love and Duty
Director of Photography
Two married couples struggle to cope with their sex lives. Kenji and Misaki, a seemingly happy married couple, lead a sexless life. Misaki, whose numerous seductions have been turned down by her husband Kenji, longs for a way to solve their sexless marriage. On the other hand, Shoko, a career oriented woman, is annoyed by the constant sexual attention she receives from her husband Yoshihiko, who believes fulfilling Shoko’s sexual needs is the greatest expression of love. When a chance meeting brings Kenji and Shoko together in a passionate affair, they suddenly find themselves re-examining their lives and struggling to understand what is truly important.
Heisei Zankeiden: Gaido is Killed!
Cinematography
Takanezawa, a young head of the Yokohama Kibe group, confronts the Kansai organization that forces the transfer of Shima with the debt of the previous generation as a shield. Appeared by Riki Takeuchi and Hagiwara fashion.
The Shootist: Final Episode
Director of Photography
Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a hitman and the police. What awaits him at the end?
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Director of Photography
Succession
Director of Photography
A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing in the next leader of their syndicate.
Passion
Director of Photography
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
The Shootist 3
Director of Photography
The biggest crisis has come to Matsushita, a shootist who has passed through numerous shrines!
Yakuza Warfare
Director of Photography
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Director of Photography
Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.
Carlos
Director of Photography
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.
Water Moon
Director of Photography
As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko.
Kitchen
Director of Photography
The story centers around Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricken, she finds solace in the kitchen. Yuichi, a friend of Mikage's deceased grandmother, invites her to live with him and his mother. Then Mikage discovers that Yuichi's mother is actually his cross-dressing father. On the other hand, Mikage realizes that the wealth of gadgetry in Yuichi's kitchen is lovingly detailed...
24 Hour Playboy
Director of Photography
Nagashima is a playboy who refuses to be tied down by marriage. Suffering from insomnia recently, he is eager to find a glamorous girl who can make him fall asleep. He leaves his tiresome girlfriend Mari, and soon finds himself trapped in dangerous triple liaisons involving two nightclub hostesses and a dewy-eyed girl. When all three of them start pestering him about marriage, Nagashima makes up his mind to flee…
Music Box
Cinematography
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
The Juliet Game
Director of Photography
Romantic comedy about a school teacher.
Memories of You
Director of Photography
University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live.
This Story of Love
Director of Photography
Life and love stories of stunt men and women.
Lover's Time
Director of Photography
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Director of Photography
Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.
A Homance
Director of Photography
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
Cabaret
Cinematography
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.
The Tragedy of
Director of Photography
A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Director of Photography
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Detective Story
Director of Photography
Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a screwed-up ex and alimony to pay. Things go from bad to worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder which might involve the yakuza. They decide to find out who committed the murder but God knows what it will lead to.
The Last Hero
Director of Photography
The 8th All-Japan Road Race Championship. The internationally ranked A-level SUGO circuit is on the edge of its seat as the 500 cc final draws near. Akio Kitano and Keishi Ooki face off: private team versus factory team. In the final lap, Akio is overtaken by Ooki and loses by a hair. The reason for his defeat? The difference between their two machines. With their scores tied, the two wait for the next match to settle the score for good.
The Dropout
Director of Photography
Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.
Shi no dangai
Director of Photography
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Director of Photography
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Director of Photography
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
Yokohama BJ Blues
Director of Photography
Former blues singer turned private eye, BJ becomes involved in a dangerous gang business.
The Beast to Die
Director of Photography
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings “walks like a dead man”. Kashiwagi runs into Date, a former correspondent in the Vietnam War. There, Date discovered hell and something snapped in his mind.
Target
Director of Photography
Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Cinematography
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Dead Angle
Director of Photography
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
The Glacier Fox
Camera Operator
Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in northern Japan. First, Flep must fight for Leila before the two can become partners and mate. After Flep defeats another male fox, he and Leila eventually produce a group of five cubs. However, with their family complete, the group must deal with human interferences in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and fight against the debilitating cold of winter.
The Glacier Fox
Cinematography
Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in northern Japan. First, Flep must fight for Leila before the two can become partners and mate. After Flep defeats another male fox, he and Leila eventually produce a group of five cubs. However, with their family complete, the group must deal with human interferences in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and fight against the debilitating cold of winter.
The Most Dangerous Game
Director of Photography
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
Bengaru no chichi Raman
Director of Photography
Documentary about the politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
空、みたか?
Cinematography
Beginning in the 1960s, a story is told of the sex and romances of eight young people wandering into adult life.
Boy
Director of Photography
A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles. After suffering an injury during the war, the father believes he is an invalid. He and his wife have a 10-year-old boy and another, younger boy. The adults pretend to be injured by autos in crowded traffic, blackmailing the fearful motorists with threats to call in the police.
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Director of Photography
This is the story of a bookstore thief named Birdy, who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.
Heisei Zankeiden: The Lion Roars!
Cinematography
The forth installment of the series, actor Riki Takeuchi stands up to cut down the rotten Hitoshi!