Known For
Directing
Born
May 15, 1933
Died
Dec 20, 1997
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Credits
72 titles
Jūzō Itami
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.
Known For
Filmography
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Self (archive footage)
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
Self
"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)
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
Self (archive footage)
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
Self
北の国から 記憶 前編
Woman in Witness Protection
Director
Supermarket Woman
Director
A Quiet Life
Director
The Last Dance
Director
Making of Daibyonin
Self
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Director
Convenience Jack
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
Self
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Director
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
Self
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Self
Sweet Home
Kenichi Yamamura
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
A Taxing Woman's Return
Director
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
Self
A Taxing Woman
Director
The Making of "Tampopo"
Self
Tampopo
Screenplay
Bumpkin Soup
Professor Hirayama
The Funeral
Director
MacArthur's Children
Hatano
Make-Up
Kumakura
Choji Snack Bar
Kawara
The Politicians
Itakura
The Makioka Sisters
Tatsuo
The Family Game
Kosuke Numata
Kidnapping Blues
Walking Man
Onna no naka no akuma
Toge no Gunzo
Island of the Evil Spirits
Ryuhei Ochi
Baian the Assassin
Sahei Oumiya
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Lawyer
Until Evening
Sasa
No More Easy Life
Takamizawa
Grass Labyrinth
Principal / Priest / Old man
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
Narration
Private Collections
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
I Am a Cat
Meitei
My Way
Dr. Takagi
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Ransui Tokunaga
Sweet Secret