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