Jūzō Itami
Born in Kyoto, Japan — May 15 1933• Died Dec 20 1997
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Biography
Jūzō Itami (1933–1997) was a Japanese actor and, later, a popular modern screenwriter and film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His ten feature-length movies and one short film, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture. He died under suspicious circumstances in December 1997 and may have been murdered by the yakuza.
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Jūzō Itami's Credits
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Toge no Gunzo
Tampopo
Directing
The Funeral
Directing
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Lawyer
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Ransui Tokunaga
Lord Jim
Waris
A Taxing Woman
Directing
Her Brother
Son of Factory Owner
The Makioka Sisters
Tatsuo
A Quiet Life
Writing
A Taxing Woman's Return
Directing
Supermarket Woman
Directing
The Last Dance
Writing
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Writing
Kidnapping Blues
Walking Man
Sweet Home
Kenichi Yamamura
The Family Game
Mr. Numata
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Writing
Choji Snack Bar
Kawara
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Island of the Evil Spirits
Ryuhei Ochi
Woman in Witness Protection
Directing
Baian the Assassin
Sahei Oumiya
Ten Dark Women
Hanamaki
Human Torpedoes
The Politicians
Itakura
Sing a Song of Sex
Ôtake
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Self (archive footage)
55 Days at Peking
Col. Shiba
My Way
Dr. Takagi
No More Easy Life
Takamizawa
I Am a Cat
Meitei
Safari 5000
Bumpkin Soup
Professor Hirayama
Heat Wave Island
Iino
MacArthur's Children
Hatano
A Young Man's Stronghold
Until Evening
Sasa
The Notorious Concubines
Ximen Qing
Private Collections
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
The False Student
Sozo
Team of Ruffians
The Gentle Japanese
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Shunji Amemiya
Kirai Kirai Kirai
The Big Wave
Toru
Make-Up
Kumakura
北の国から 記憶 前編
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
Self
The Flame of Devotion
Takuji Yoshii
Grass Labyrinth
Principal / Priest / Old man
Parole
Kenji Kijima
The Making of "Tampopo"
Self
Making of Daibyonin
Self
Sweet Secret
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
Onna no naka no akuma
Even If Life Withers
Shinji Sakaguchi
Convenience Jack
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
Self (archive footage)
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
Self
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Self
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
Self
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
Self
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
Self
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
Narration
Rubber Band Pistol
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
Self
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
Self
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
Self (archive footage)