Jūzō Itami

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Jūzō Itami

Directing May 15, 1933

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 K…

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Tampopo

Tampopo

7.8 1985 Movie
55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

6.9 1963 Movie
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

6.4 1974 Movie
Lord Jim

Lord Jim

6.8 1965 Movie
The Funeral

The Funeral

7.2 1984 Movie
The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

7.4 1983 Movie
A Taxing Woman

A Taxing Woman

6.7 1987 Movie
A Taxing Woman's Return

A Taxing Woman's Return

6.4 1988 Movie
Private Collections

Private Collections

5.9 1979 Movie
Toge no Gunzo

Toge no Gunzo

1982 TV Show
Sweet Home

Sweet Home

6.4 1989 Movie
Supermarket Woman

Supermarket Woman

6.7 1996 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2012
    Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2012
    Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made

    Movie Self

  3. 2012
    'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete

    Movie Self

  4. 2012
    "Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki

    Movie Self

  5. 2011
    Itami Juzo Museum's "13"

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2007
    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2007
    Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made

    Movie Self

  8. 2003
    北の国から 記憶 前編

    Movie

  9. 1997
    Woman in Witness Protection

    Movie Director

  10. 1996
    Supermarket Woman

    Movie Director

  11. 1995
    A Quiet Life

    Movie Director

  12. 1993
    The Last Dance

    Movie Director

  13. 1993
    Making of Daibyonin

    Movie Self

  14. 1992
    Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    Movie Director

  15. 1992
    Convenience Jack

    Movie

  16. 1992
    The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 1991
    Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target

    Movie

  2. 1990
    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    Movie Director

  3. 1990
    The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"

    Movie Self

  4. 1989
    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

    Movie Self

  5. 1989
    Sweet Home

    Movie Kenichi Yamamura

  6. 1988
    The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

    Movie Self

  7. 1988
    A Taxing Woman's Return

    Movie Director

  8. 1987
    The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

    Movie Self

  9. 1987
    A Taxing Woman

    Movie Director

  10. 1986
    The Making of "Tampopo"

    Movie Self

  11. 1985
    Tampopo

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1985
    Bumpkin Soup

    Movie Professor Hirayama

  13. 1984
    The Funeral

    Movie Director

  14. 1984
    MacArthur's Children

    Movie Hatano

  15. 1984
    Make-Up

    Movie Kumakura

  16. 1983
    Choji Snack Bar

    Movie Kawara

  17. 1983
    The Politicians

    Movie Itakura

  18. 1983
    The Makioka Sisters

    Movie Tatsuo

  19. 1983
    The Family Game

    Movie Kosuke Numata

  20. 1982
    Kidnapping Blues

    Movie Walking Man

  21. 1982
    Onna no naka no akuma

    Movie

  22. 1982
    Toge no Gunzo

    TV show

  23. 1981
    Island of the Evil Spirits

    Movie Ryuhei Ochi

  24. 1981
    Baian the Assassin

    Movie Sahei Oumiya