Jūzō Itami
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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.
Known for
Credits
Otoko wa damasareru (1960)
Actor
Lord Jim (1965)
as Waris
Mudcat of Ginza (1960)
Actor
55 Days at Peking (1963)
as Col. Shiba
Private Collections (1979)
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' (1989)
as Self
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
as Tatsuo
Bumpkin Soup (1985)
as Professor Hirayama
Her Brother (1960)
as Son of Factory Owner
The Notorious Concubines (1968)
as Ximen Qing
The Family Game (1983)
as Kosuke Numata
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
as Ransui Tokunaga
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case (1979)
as Narration
Choji Snack Bar (1983)
as Kawara
No More Easy Life (1979)
as Takamizawa
Tokyo 196X (1968)
as Kenkichi Godai
Island of the Evil Spirits (1981)
as Ryuhei Ochi
I Am a Cat (1975)
as Meitei
Ten Women in Black (1961)
as Hanamaki
MacArthur's Children (1984)
as Hatano
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
as Ôtake
Play it, Boogie-Woogie (1981)
as Lawyer
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze (1968)
Actor
Grass Labyrinth (1979)
as Principal / Priest / Old man
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
as Shunji Amemiya
Safari 5000 (1969)
as Kenichi Nomura
Make-Up (1984)
as Kumakura
Kirai Kirai Kirai (1960)
Actor
The Flame of Devotion (1964)
as Takuji Yoshii
Team of Ruffians (1969)
Actor
Until Evening (1980)
as Sasa
Sweet Home (1989)
as Kenichi Yamamura
My Way (1974)
as Dr. Takagi
Baian the Assassin (1981)
as Sahei Oumiya
Kidnapping Blues (1982)
as Walking Man
The False Student (1960)
as Sozo
Parole (1967)
as Kenji Kijima
Human Torpedoes (1968)
Actor
Heat Wave Island (1969)
as Iino
The Gentle Japanese (1971)
Actor
Even If Life Withers (1968)
as Shinji Sakaguchi
The Politicians (1983)
as Itakura
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion" (1992)
as Self
北の国から 記憶 前編 (2003)
Actor
The Big Wave (1961)
as Toru
Sweet Secret (1971)
Actor
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" (1988)
as Self
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha" (1990)
as Self
The Making of "A Taxing Woman" (1987)
as Self
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target (1991)
Actor
A Young Man's Stronghold (1970)
Actor
Rubber Band Pistol (1962)
Actor
Making of Daibyonin (1993)
as Self
Convenience Jack (1992)
Actor
Onna no naka no akuma (1982)
Actor
The Making of "Tampopo" (1986)
as Self
Adorable Schemers (1961)
Actor
Itami Juzo Museum's "13" (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete (2012)
as Self
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made (2012)
as Self
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made (2007)
as Self
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki (2012)
as Self