Directing
Jūzō Itami
JA, FR, EN cinema · 73 credits
Born
15 May 1933
Died
20 December 1997 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
Also known as Ichizô Itami · Yoshihiro Ikeuchi · 池内義弘 · 伊丹一三
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
Filmography
伊丹流スーパーなスーパーマーケットができるまで
2012
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
as Self
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
as Self (archive footage)
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
as Self (archive footage)
Woman in Witness Protection
Director, Screenplay
Supermarket Woman
Director, Screenplay
A Quiet Life
Director, Screenplay
The Last Dance
Director, Screenplay
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Writer, Director
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Writer, Director, Producer
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura, Executive Producer
A Taxing Woman's Return
Director, Screenplay
A Taxing Woman
Director, Writer
Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama
Tampopo
Director, Producer, Screenplay
MacArthur's Children
as Hatano
Make-Up
as Kumakura
The Funeral
Director, Screenplay
The Family Game
as Kosuke Numata
Choji Snack Bar
as Kawara
The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo
The Politicians
as Itakura
Kidnapping Blues
as Walking Man
Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei Ochi
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Lawyer
Baian the Assassin
as Sahei Oumiya
Until Evening
as Sasa
Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
No More Easy Life
as Takamizawa
Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man
I Am a Cat
as Meitei
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga
My Way
as Dr. Takagi
Safari 5000
as Kenichi Nomura
Heat Wave Island
as Iino
The Notorious Concubines
as Ximen Qing
Even If Life Withers
as Shinji Sakaguchi
Tokyo 196X
as Kenkichi Godai
Sing a Song of Sex
as Ôtake
Parole
as Kenji Kijima
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Shunji Amemiya
Lord Jim
as Waris
The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji Yoshii
55 Days at Peking
as Col. Shiba
Rubber Band Pistol
Actor, Director, Screenplay
Ten Women in Black
as Hanamaki
The Big Wave
as Toru
Her Brother
as Son of Factory Owner
