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
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Ransui Tokunaga
Lord Jim
Waris
The Makioka Sisters
Tatsuo
Private Collections
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Sweet Home
Kenichi Yamamura
Grass Labyrinth
Principal / Priest / Old man
Sing a Song of Sex
Ôtake
The Family Game
Kosuke Numata
Her Brother
Son of Factory Owner
Bumpkin Soup
Professor Hirayama
Ten Women in Black
Hanamaki
MacArthur's Children
Hatano
Rubber Band Pistol
The False Student
Sozo
Island of the Evil Spirits
Ryuhei Ochi
Choji Snack Bar
Kawara
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
The Flame of Devotion
Takuji Yoshii
I Am a Cat
Meitei
My Way
Dr. Takagi
Safari 5000
The Notorious Concubines
Ximen Qing
No More Easy Life
Takamizawa
Kidnapping Blues
Walking Man
Heat Wave Island
Iino
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Shunji Amemiya
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Self
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Lawyer
Baian the Assassin
Sahei Oumiya
A Young Man's Stronghold
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
Self (archive footage)
Human Torpedoes
Parole
Kenji Kijima
Until Evening
Sasa
The Big Wave
Toru
The Gentle Japanese
Make-Up
Kumakura