Jūzō Itami
Known for DirectingBorn 1933-05-15 — died 1997-12-20Kyoto, Japan
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
55 Days at Peking
1963 · as Col. Shiba
Lord Jim
1965 · as Waris
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974 · as Ransui Tokunaga
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981 · as Lawyer
Sing a Song of Sex
1967 · as Ôtake
Private Collections
1979 · as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Bumpkin Soup
1985 · as Professor Hirayama
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981 · as Ryuhei Ochi
The Family Game
1983 · as Mr. Numata
Her Brother
1960 · as Son of Factory Owner
Choji Snack Bar
1983 · as Kawara
Sweet Home
1989 · as Kenichi Yamamura
The Makioka Sisters
1983 · as Tatsuo
Grass Labyrinth
1979 · as Principal / Priest / Old man
MacArthur's Children
1984 · as Hatano
Ten Dark Women
1961 · as Hanamaki
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966 · as Shunji Amemiya
No More Easy Life
1979 · as Takamizawa