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
Sweet Home
Private Collections
Grass Labyrinth
Supermarket Woman
Sing a Song of Sex
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
The Family Game
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Her Brother
Bumpkin Soup
The Last Dance
Woman in Witness Protection
Ten Dark Women
MacArthur's Children
A Quiet Life
The False Student
Rubber Band Pistol
Island of the Evil Spirits
The Flame of Devotion
I Am a Cat
Choji Snack Bar
Safari 5000
My Way
The Notorious Concubines
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
No More Easy Life
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Kidnapping Blues
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Baian the Assassin
Heat Wave Island
A Young Man's Stronghold
The Big Wave
The Gentle Japanese
Make-Up
Parole
Human Torpedoes
Until Evening
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
Toge no Gunzo