Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 15, 1933 (92 years old)
Death date
Dec 20, 1997
Jūzō Itami
Known For
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection...
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection...
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.
Acting
2012
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
2012
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
2012
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
2011
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
2007
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
2003
北の国から 記憶 前編
1993
Making of Daibyonin
1992
Convenience Jack
1992
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
1991
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1990
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
1989
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
Sweet Home
1988
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1987
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
1986
The Making of "Tampopo"
1985
Bumpkin Soup