
🎬 Director
Jūzō Itami
🎂 Born 15 May 1933 (age 64)✝ 20 December 1997📍 Kyoto, Japan
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Popularity Score
54
Acting Credits
11
Directed
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
Directed Films(11)

★ 7.8
Tampopo
1985
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★ 7.1
The Funeral
1984
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★ 6.9
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992
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★ 6.7
A Taxing Woman
1987
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★ 6.7
Supermarket Woman
1996
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★ 6.2
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
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★ 7.6
A Quiet Life
1995
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★ 6.9
The Last Dance
1993
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★ 6.2
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
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★ 6.4
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
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★ 5.0
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
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Full Filmography(54 films)
YearTitleRating
196355 Days at Peking★ 6.91974Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance★ 6.41981Play it, Boogie-Woogie★ 8.01965Lord Jim★ 6.81983The Makioka Sisters★ 7.41989Sweet Home★ 6.41985Bumpkin Soup★ 5.21960Her Brother★ 7.11967Sing a Song of Sex★ 5.81983The Family Game★ 6.81983Choji Snack Bar★ 7.81981Island of the Evil Spirits★ 6.21979Private Collections★ 6.01982Kidnapping Blues★ 8.01966By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him★ 8.51968The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze★ 7.71961Ten Dark Women★ 5.81984MacArthur's Children★ 5.51975I Am a Cat★ 4.01969Safari 5000★ 7.31979No More Easy Life★ 7.31964The Flame of Devotion★ 6.81979Grass Labyrinth★ 7.21981Baian the Assassin★ 8.01974My Way★ 6.01968The Notorious Concubines★ 4.01967Parole★ 9.01968Human Torpedoes★ 7.01969Team of Ruffians—1980Until Evening★ 7.01989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'★ 4.21988The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"★ 5.11983The Politicians—1993Making of Daibyonin—1971The Gentle Japanese★ 10.01968Even If Life Withers★ 7.01984Make-Up★ 10.01960The False Student★ 6.71982Onna no naka no akuma—2003北の国から 記憶 前編—1986The Making of "Tampopo"—1987The Making of "A Taxing Woman"—1960Kirai Kirai Kirai—1970A Young Man's Stronghold★ 10.01991Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target—1969Heat Wave Island★ 7.01992The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"—1961The Big Wave★ 10.01971Sweet Secret—1992Convenience Jack—1962Rubber Band Pistol★ 5.01990The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"—2007Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces★ 5.02011Itami Juzo Museum's "13"—



