Overview
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...
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection...
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
A documentary about the Juzo Itami memorial museum in Matsuyama,...
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
Featurette included with "Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces"...
北の国から 記憶 前編
Making of Daibyonin
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's...
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's...
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.