Jūzō Itami
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.
As actor 62
The Politicians
1983
The Flame of Devotion
1964
I Am a Cat
1975
55 Days at Peking
1963
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Private Collections
1979
The False Student
1960
Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960
Even If Life Withers
1968
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
Parole
1967
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
2012
Sweet Home
1989
Kidnapping Blues
1982
Ten Dark Women
1961
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Until Evening
1980
The Making of "Tampopo"
1986
Human Torpedoes
1968
The Family Game
1983
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
The Makioka Sisters
1983
Choji Snack Bar
1983
Baian the Assassin
1981
Tokyo 196X
1968
Lord Jim
1965
Heat Wave Island
1969
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
Grass Labyrinth
1979
Make-Up
1984
Team of Ruffians
1969
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Safari 5000
1969
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979
Onna no naka no akuma
1982
Bumpkin Soup
1985
No More Easy Life
1979
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
The Notorious Concubines
1968
MacArthur's Children
1984
Her Brother
1960
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
1992
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Convenience Jack
1992
My Way
1974
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1991
Sweet Secret
1971
Making of Daibyonin
1993
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
The Big Wave
1961
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
1987
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
1990
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
2012
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1988
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
2007
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
2011
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
2012
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
2012
