is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's "Sumo Do, Sumo Don't" and 1996's "Shall We Dance?". According to Suo: :The most important thing for me in movie making is to love the characters of the movie, so even though you only have a few seconds with a character, that person has to have his own life. Therefore, I want to respect it, I want to make movies where each character has his own individuality. Wikipedia
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" Shall We Dance? ", written and directed by Masayuki Suo , is the story of a Japanese every(business)man (Koji Yakusho of " Tampopo " and recent Palme D'Or, " Unagi ") looking for a way out of his humdrum life. When he sees a beautiful woman at the win www.indiewire.com/people/int_suo_masayuki_970711.html
