Jūzō Itami

May 15, 1933 - Dec 20, 1997 (64 years old) in Kyoto, Japan

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

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Toge no Gunzo

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Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

Self (archive footage)

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Bumpkin Soup

Professor Hirayama

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Grass Labyrinth

Principal / Priest / Old man

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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Ransui Tokunaga

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Sing a Song of Sex

Ôtake

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Sweet Home

Kenichi Yamamura

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55 Days at Peking

Col. Shiba

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The Makioka Sisters

Tatsuo

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The Notorious Concubines

Ximen Qing

Credits

Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna 2012

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki 2012

Self

★ 6
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made 2012

Self

★ NR
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete 2012

Self

★ NR
Itami Juzo Museum's "13" 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made 2007

Self

★ NR
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces 2007

Self (archive footage)

★ 5
北の国から記憶前編 2003

★ NR
Making of Daibyonin 1993

Self

★ NR
Convenience Jack 1992

★ NR
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion" 1992

Self

★ NR
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target 1991

★ NR
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha" 1990

Self

★ NR
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' 1989

Self

★ 4.2
Sweet Home 1989

Kenichi Yamamura

★ 6.4
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" 1988

Self

★ 5.1
The Making of "A Taxing Woman" 1987

Self

★ NR
The Making of "Tampopo" 1986

Self

★ NR
Bumpkin Soup 1985

Professor Hirayama

★ 4.8
MacArthur's Children 1984

Hatano

★ 5.5
Make-Up 1984

Kumakura

★ NR
Choji Snack Bar 1983

Kawara

★ 7
The Politicians 1983

Itakura

★ NR
The Makioka Sisters 1983

Tatsuo

★ 7.4
The Family Game 1983

Mr. Numata

★ 6.8
Kidnapping Blues 1982

Walking Man

★ 9
Onna no naka no akuma 1982

★ NR
Toge no Gunzo 1982

★ NR
Island of the Evil Spirits 1981

Ryuhei Ochi

★ 6
Baian the Assassin 1981

Sahei Oumiya

★ 9
Play it, Boogie-Woogie 1981

Lawyer

★ 6
Until Evening 1980

Sasa

★ NR
No More Easy Life 1979

Takamizawa

★ 7
Private Collections 1979

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

★ 6.1
Grass Labyrinth 1979

Principal / Priest / Old man

★ 7.3
I Am a Cat 1975

Meitei

★ 3.3
My Way 1974

Dr. Takagi

★ 5.7
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance 1974

Ransui Tokunaga

★ 6.4
Sweet Secret 1971

★ NR
The Gentle Japanese 1971

★ NR
A Young Man's Stronghold 1970

★ NR
Heat Wave Island 1969

Iino

★ 6
Team of Ruffians 1969

★ NR
Safari 5000 1969

★ 7.3
Even If Life Withers 1968

Shinji Sakaguchi

★ NR
The Notorious Concubines 1968

Ximen Qing

★ 3.5
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze 1968

★ 6
Human Torpedoes 1968

★ NR
Parole 1967

Kenji Kijima

★ NR
Sing a Song of Sex 1967

Ôtake

★ 5.5
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him 1966

Shunji Amemiya

★ 8
Lord Jim 1965

Waris

★ 6.8
The Flame of Devotion 1964

Takuji Yoshii

★ 6.8
55 Days at Peking 1963

Col. Shiba

★ 7
Rubber Band Pistol 1962

★ 4.8
Ten Dark Women 1961

Hanamaki

★ 5.9
The Big Wave 1961

Toru

★ NR
Her Brother 1960

Son of Factory Owner

★ 6.9
The False Student 1960

Sozo

★ 6.5
Kirai Kirai Kirai 1960

★ NR

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