Cast
Jūzō Itami
Directing
Cast
Jūzō Itami
Known for
Directing
Born
1933-05-15
From
Kyoto, Japan
Died
1997-12-20
Also known as Ichizô Itami, Jûzô Itami, Itami Juzo
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.
Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
55 Days at Peking
as Col. Shiba
Lord Jim
as Waris
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Lawyer
Ten Dark Women
as Hanamaki
Her Brother
as Son of Factory Owner
Sing a Song of Sex
as Ôtake
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga
I Am a Cat
as Meitei
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
as Self (archive footage)
Safari 5000
Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama
Choji Snack Bar
as Kawara
Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man
The Family Game
as Mr. Numata
MacArthur's Children
as Hatano
Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei Ochi
Human Torpedoes
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura
The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo
The Politicians
as Itakura
Kidnapping Blues
as Walking Man
The Notorious Concubines
as Ximen Qing
My Way
as Dr. Takagi
The Making of "Tampopo"
as Self
Team of Ruffians
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
A Young Man's Stronghold
The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji Yoshii
Baian the Assassin
as Sahei Oumiya
Parole
as Kenji Kijima
Kirai Kirai Kirai
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Shunji Amemiya
The False Student
as Sozo
Heat Wave Island
as Iino
No More Easy Life
as Takamizawa
Make-Up
as Kumakura
The Gentle Japanese
Sweet Secret
北の国から 記憶 前編
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
Even If Life Withers
as Shinji Sakaguchi
Convenience Jack
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
as Self
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Self
Making of Daibyonin
as Self
Onna no naka no akuma
The Big Wave
as Toru
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
as Self
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
as Self
Until Evening
as Sasa
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
as Narration
Rubber Band Pistol
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
as Self
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
as Self
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
as Self
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
as Self
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
as Self (archive footage)