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.
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Movies (48)
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
as Self
2012
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
as Self
2012
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
as Self
2012
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
as Self
2007
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
as Self (archive footage)
2007
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Woman in Witness Protection
Director (Directing)
1997
Supermarket Woman
Director (Directing)
1996
A Quiet Life
Director (Directing)
1995
The Last Dance
Director (Directing)
1993
Making of Daibyonin
as Self
1993
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Director (Directing)
1992
Convenience Jack
1992
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
as Self
1992
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1991
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Director (Directing)
1990
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
as Self
1990
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Self
1989
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura
1989
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self
1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
Director (Directing)
1988
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
as Self
1987
A Taxing Woman
Director (Directing)
1987
The Making of "Tampopo"
as Self
1986
Tampopo
Screenplay (Writing)
1985
Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama
1985
The Funeral
Director (Directing)
1984
MacArthur's Children
as Hatano
1984
Make-Up
as Kumakura
1984
Choji Snack Bar
as Kawara
1983
The Politicians
as Itakura
1983
The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo
1983
The Family Game
as Mr. Numata
1983
Kidnapping Blues
as Walking Man
1982
Onna no naka no akuma
1982
Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei Ochi
1981
Baian the Assassin
as Sahei Oumiya
1981
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Lawyer
1981
Until Evening
as Sasa
1980
No More Easy Life
as Takamizawa
1979
Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man
1979
Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
1979
I Am a Cat
as Meitei
1975
My Way
as Dr. Takagi
1974
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga
1974
Sweet Secret
1971
The Gentle Japanese
1971
