Jūzō Itami
- Directing
- May 15, 1933 · Kyoto, Japan
- December 20, 1997
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
- "Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki · Self
- Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made · Self
- 'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete · Self
- Itami Juzo Museum's "13" · Self
- Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made · Self
- Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces · Self
- 北の国から 記憶 前編
- Woman in Witness Protection · Director, Screenplay
- Supermarket Woman · Director, Screenplay
- A Quiet Life · Director, Screenplay
- The Last Dance · Director, Screenplay
- Making of Daibyonin · Self
- Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion · Writer, 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, Writer
- The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha" · Self
- Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' · Self
- Sweet Home · Kenichi Yamamura, Executive producer
- The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" · Self
- A Taxing Woman's Return · Director, Screenplay
- The Making of "A Taxing Woman" · Self
- A Taxing Woman · Writer, Director
- The Making of "Tampopo" · Self
- Tampopo · Producer, Screenplay
- Bumpkin Soup · Professor Hirayama
- The Funeral · Director, Screenplay
- 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
- The Gentle Japanese
- A Young Man's Stronghold
- Heat Wave Island · Iino
- Team of Ruffians
- Safari 5000 · Kenichi Nomura
- Even If Life Withers · Shinji Sakaguchi
- Tokyo 196X · Kenkichi Godai
- The Notorious Concubines · Ximen Qing
- The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
- Human Torpedoes
- Parole · Kenji Kijima
- Sing a Song of Sex · Ôtake
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him · Shunji Amemiya
- Lord Jim · Waris
- The Flame of Devotion · Takuji Yoshii
- 55 Days at Peking · Col. Shiba
- Rubber Band Pistol · Director, Screenplay
- Ten Women in Black · Hanamaki
- The Big Wave · Toru
- Her Brother · Son of Factory Owner
- The False Student · Sozo
- Mudcat of Ginza
- Otoko wa damasareru
- Kirai Kirai Kirai