Jūzō Itami
Born: 1933-05-15 in Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1997-12-20
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
2012
- Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna as Self (archive footage)
- Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made as Self
- 'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete as Self
- "Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki as Self
2011
- Itami Juzo Museum's "13" as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces as Self (archive footage)
- Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made as Self
2003
1997
- Woman in Witness Protection ... (Director)
1996
- Supermarket Woman ... (Director)
1995
- A Quiet Life ... (Director)
1993
- The Last Dance ... (Director)
- Making of Daibyonin as Self
1992
1990
- Tales of a Golden Geisha ... (Director)
- The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha" as Self
1989
- Sweet Home as Kenichi Yamamura
- Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' as Self
1988
- A Taxing Woman's Return ... (Director)
- The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" as Self
1987
- A Taxing Woman ... (Director)
- The Making of "A Taxing Woman" as Self
1986
- The Making of "Tampopo" as Self
1985
- Tampopo ... (Screenplay)
- Bumpkin Soup as Professor Hirayama
1984
- The Funeral ... (Director)
- MacArthur's Children as Hatano
- Make-Up as Kumakura
1983
- The Family Game as Mr. Numata
- Choji Snack Bar as Kawara
- The Makioka Sisters as Tatsuo
- The Politicians as Itakura
1982
- Toge no Gunzo
- Kidnapping Blues as Walking Man
- Onna no naka no akuma
1981
- Play it, Boogie-Woogie as Lawyer
- Island of the Evil Spirits as Ryuhei Ochi
- Baian the Assassin as Sahei Oumiya
1980
- Until Evening as Sasa
1979
- Private Collections as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
- Grass Labyrinth as Principal / Priest / Old man
- No More Easy Life as Takamizawa
- The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case as Narration
1975
- I Am a Cat as Meitei
1974
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance as Ransui Tokunaga
- My Way as Dr. Takagi
1969
1968
- The Notorious Concubines as Ximen Qing
- Human Torpedoes
- The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
- Even If Life Withers as Shinji Sakaguchi
1967
- Sing a Song of Sex as Ôtake
- Parole as Kenji Kijima
1966
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him as Shunji Amemiya
1965
- Lord Jim as Waris
1964
- The Flame of Devotion as Takuji Yoshii
1963
- 55 Days at Peking as Col. Shiba
1962
1961
- Ten Dark Women as Hanamaki
- The Big Wave as Toru
1960
- Her Brother as Son of Factory Owner
- The False Student as Sozo
- Kirai Kirai Kirai