Jūzō Itami
Directing
Born: 1933-05-15 in Kyoto, Japan
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
55 Days at Peking
Col. Shiba
The Politicians
Itakura
Toge no Gunzo
Lord Jim
Waris
The Flame of Devotion
Takuji Yoshii
I Am a Cat
Meitei
Private Collections
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Island of the Evil Spirits
Ryuhei Ochi
The Family Game
Kosuke Numata
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Self
The False Student
Sozo
Even If Life Withers
Shinji Sakaguchi
The Makioka Sisters
Tatsuo
Kirai Kirai Kirai
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Shunji Amemiya
Ten Women in Black
Hanamaki
The Notorious Concubines
Ximen Qing
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Self (archive footage)
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Ransui Tokunaga
Bumpkin Soup
Professor Hirayama
Sweet Home
Kenichi Yamamura
Parole
Kenji Kijima
Tokyo 196X
Kenkichi Godai
Kidnapping Blues
Walking Man
The Making of "Tampopo"
Self
The Gentle Japanese
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Lawyer
Choji Snack Bar
Kawara
Safari 5000
A Young Man's Stronghold
北の国から 記憶 前編
Human Torpedoes
Until Evening
Sasa
Baian the Assassin
Sahei Oumiya
Her Brother
Son of Factory Owner
Heat Wave Island
Iino
Grass Labyrinth
Principal / Priest / Old man
Sing a Song of Sex
Ôtake
No More Easy Life
Takamizawa