Jūzō Itami
Directing · Born 1933-05-15 · age 64 at death · 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.
Titles
Tampopo
55 Days at Peking
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Lord Jim
A Taxing Woman's Return
The Funeral
The Makioka Sisters
A Taxing Woman
Private Collections
Sweet Home
Grass Labyrinth
Supermarket Woman
Sing a Song of Sex
The Family Game
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Her Brother
Bumpkin Soup
Tales of a Golden Geisha
The Last Dance
Woman in Witness Protection
Ten Women in Black
MacArthur's Children
A Quiet Life
Rubber Band Pistol
The False Student
Island of the Evil Spirits
The Flame of Devotion
I Am a Cat
Choji Snack Bar
My Way
Safari 5000
The Notorious Concubines
No More Easy Life
Kidnapping Blues
Heat Wave Island
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Baian the Assassin
A Young Man's Stronghold
Human Torpedoes
Parole
Until Evening
The Big Wave
The Gentle Japanese
Make-Up
Even If Life Withers
Sweet Secret
Onna no naka no akuma
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
北の国から 記憶 前編
Convenience Jack
Team of Ruffians
Kirai Kirai Kirai
The Politicians
Tokyo 196X
Toge no Gunzo