Jūzō Itami
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.
11 directing credits · 61 acting credits
Directing · 11
Tampopo
1985
The Funeral
1984
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992
Supermarket Woman
1996
A Taxing Woman
1987
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
The Last Dance
1993
A Quiet Life
1995
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
Acting · 61
Toge no Gunzo
1982
55 Days at Peking
1963
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
2012
Ten Dark Women
1961
The Makioka Sisters
1983
Her Brother
1960
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Family Game
1983
Bumpkin Soup
1985
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Sweet Home
1989
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
Lord Jim
1965
My Way
1974
Kidnapping Blues
1982
MacArthur's Children
1984
Human Torpedoes
1968
I Am a Cat
1975
Safari 5000
1969
No More Easy Life
1979
Grass Labyrinth
1979
The Notorious Concubines
1968
Baian the Assassin
1981
The Politicians
1983
Team of Ruffians
1969
Parole
1967
Heat Wave Island
1969
The Flame of Devotion
1964
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1988
Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Make-Up
1984
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
Private Collections
1979
Until Evening
1980
The False Student
1960
Convenience Jack
1992
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
1987
Making of Daibyonin
1993
Sweet Secret
1971
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
1992
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1991
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
The Big Wave
1961
Onna no naka no akuma
1982
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Even If Life Withers
1968
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
1990
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
2012
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
The Making of "Tampopo"
1986
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
2007
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
2011
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
2012
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
2012
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979