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Jūzō Itami
Directing
15 May 1933
† 20 Dec 1997
Kyoto, Japan
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.
Also Known As
Ichizô Itami, Jûzô Itami, Itami Juzo, Itami Jūzō, Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
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Jūzō Itami's Movies
69%
55 Days at Peking
06 May 1963
64%
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
15 Jun 1974
68%
Lord Jim
15 Feb 1965
74%
The Makioka Sisters
21 May 1983
64%
Sweet Home
21 Jan 1989
59%
Private Collections
27 Jun 1979
72%
Grass Labyrinth
03 Nov 1979
56%
Sing a Song of Sex
23 Feb 1967
68%
The Family Game
04 May 1983
69%
Her Brother
01 Nov 1960
48%
Bumpkin Soup
03 Nov 1985
55%
Ten Dark Women
03 May 1961
50%
MacArthur's Children
23 Jun 1984
65%
The False Student
08 Oct 1960
48%
Rubber Band Pistol
22 Oct 1962
51%
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
20 May 1988
68%
The Flame of Devotion
22 Nov 1964
60%
Island of the Evil Spirits
03 Oct 1981
28%
I Am a Cat
31 May 1975
57%
My Way
07 Sept 1974
