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Jūzō Itami

Also Known As: Ichizô Itami, Jûzô Itami, Itami Juzo

Birth Date

May 15, 1933

Death Date

December 20, 1997

(passed away at 64)

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

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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.

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Jūzō Itami

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The Notorious Concubines

Toge no Gunzo

55 Days at Peking

Lord Jim

The Making of "Tampopo"

Private Collections

Sing a Song of Sex

Bumpkin Soup

Choji Snack Bar

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

The Makioka Sisters

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

Safari 5000

The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case

I Am a Cat

Sweet Home

Ten Dark Women

Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

Grass Labyrinth