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