Jūzō Itami
Directing
Born: 1933-05-15 · Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1997-12-20
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
2012
Self
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
2012
Self
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
2012
Self
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
2011
Self (archive footage)
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
2007
Self
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
Self (archive footage)
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
Director
Supermarket Woman
1996
Director
A Quiet Life
1995
Director
Making of Daibyonin
1993
Self
The Last Dance
1993
Director
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
1992
Self
Convenience Jack
1992
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992
Director
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1991
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
1990
Self
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
Director
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
Self
Sweet Home
1989
Kenichi Yamamura
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1988
Self
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Director
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
1987
Self
A Taxing Woman
1987
Director
The Making of "Tampopo"
1986
Self
Bumpkin Soup
1985
Professor Hirayama
Tampopo
1985
Director
MacArthur's Children
1984
Hatano
Make-Up
1984
Kumakura
The Funeral
1984
Director
