Masayuki Suo 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."
