Denmei Suzuki

was a Japanese film actor most famous for starring roles in gendaigeki of the silent era.

Career Suzuki was born in Tokyo and was a championship swimmer at Meiji University when he first appeared in Souls on the Road in 1921 under the name Zeya Tōgō (東郷是也, a pun on the English "to go there"). After graduating in 1924, he joined the Nikkatsu studio and began acting under his own name.

He also directed some films and ran for political office, though unsuccessfully.

Selected filmography Souls on the Road (路上の霊魂, Rojō no reikon) (1921) Marching On (進軍, Shingun) (1930) The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (愛憎峠 Aizo toge) (1934) Ahen senso (阿片戦争) (1943)