Suzaku may refer to:

  • Suzaku, the Japanese name for the Chinese Vermilion Bird (Zhū Què), bird guardian of the South
  • Suzaku, a 1997 Japanese film by Naomi Kawase
  • Emperor Suzaku, emperor of Japan
  • SUZAK Inc., also known as Suzaku, a video game developer
  • Suzaku Avenue, one of the ancient main streets e.g. in Kyoto and Nara, Japan
  • Suzaku, the name given in 2005 to an ASTRO-E spacecraft, a joint venture of NASA and the Japanese Space Agency JAXA

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Suzaku (film)

Suzaku (Japanese: 萌の朱雀 Hepburn: Moe no Suzaku) is a Japanese fiction film from 1997 directed by Naomi Kawase.

Plot

Set in the mountainous Nishiyoshino region of Nara Prefecture, the film sketches the dissolution of a family suffering from the economic decline of their village. A vital railroad project was to have been constructed, employing the father of the family, but it was cancelled.

Cast

  • Jun Kunimura as Kōzō Tahara
  • Machiko Ono as Michiru
  • Kōtarō Shibata
  • Yasuyo Kamimura
  • Sachiko Izumi
  • Production

    Suzaku was the 35mm film debut of Kawase, who was known for her independently produced films in 8mm. A reference to her previous career can be seen in Suzaku through the 8mm film projected at the end. The only professional actor in the production was Jun Kunimura, although this became the debut of Machiko Ono, who later went on to a successful acting career.

    Reception

    Suzaku was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and won the Caméra d'Or (best new film) at the Festival. It also won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1997 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Machiko Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role.

    List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters

    Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series Yu Yu Hakusho contains a widely diverse cast of fictional characters. At the forefront is Yusuke Urameshi, a typical school punk with not-so-typical pastimes. After dying and being resurrected Yusuke becomes the detective of paranormal events in the human world. The other predominant characters consist of Yusuke's family, schoolmates, friends, allies in his detective work as well as the higher ups in spirit world who give Yusuke his cases. Yusuke begins his work in the human world, but ends up traveling to the Underworld and then eventually to the demon plane. In each case he undertakes, Yusuke meets several new enemies and allies.

    Protagonists

    Yusuke Urameshi

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