Jūzō Itami
Directing
Born May 15, 1933 · 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 · 40 titles
Toge no Gunzo
The Notorious Concubines
Lord Jim
55 Days at Peking
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
The Making of "Tampopo"
Private Collections
Bumpkin Soup
Sing a Song of Sex
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Island of the Evil Spirits
The Makioka Sisters
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Ten Dark Women
Sweet Home
The Family Game
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Choji Snack Bar
Grass Labyrinth
MacArthur's Children
Her Brother
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Safari 5000
Make-Up
No More Easy Life
I Am a Cat
Rubber Band Pistol
Human Torpedoes
Kidnapping Blues
The Politicians
The False Student
Heat Wave Island
The Big Wave
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Team of Ruffians
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
北の国から 記憶 前編
My Way