Jūzō Itami
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-05-15 (64 years old)
Deathday
1997-12-20
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also known As
Ichizô Itami
Jûzô Itami
이타미 주조
Itami Juzo
Itami Jūzō
Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Ikeuchi Yoshihiro
池内義弘
Itami Juuzou
Juuzou Itami
Juzo Itami
伊丹一三
Jūzō Itami
Biography
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.
Acting
1971
1979
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
1974
as Ransui Tokunaga
1990
2011
as Self (archive footage)
1967
as Ôtake
1960
as Son of Factory Owner
1979
as Takamizawa
1987
1988
1989
1982
as Walking Man
1993
as Self
1974
as Dr. Takagi
1963
as Col. Shiba
1984
as Hatano
2012
2007
1969
1964
as Takuji Yoshii
1979
as Principal / Priest / Old man
1983
as Mr. Numata
2007
as Self (archive footage)
2003
1965
as Waris
1969
as Iino
1966
as Shunji Amemiya
1981
as Ryuhei Ochi
1975
as Meitei
1983
as Kawara
1992
1968
1981
as Lawyer
1968
as Ximen Qing
1960
as Sozo
1961
as Hanamaki
1986
as Self
1983
as Tatsuo
1985
as Professor Hirayama
1967
as Kenji Kijima
1969
1980
as Sasa
1961
as Toru
1989
as Kenichi Yamamura
1984
as Kumakura
1968
as Shinji Sakaguchi
1981
as Sahei Oumiya
1983
as Itakura
Production
1985
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
1985
as Producer
1988
as Director
1987
as Director
1987
as Writer
1984
as Director
1995
as Director
1995
as Writer
1990
as Director
1990
as Writer
1993
as Director
1993
as Writer
1996
as Director
1989
as Executive Producer
1992
1992
1997
as Director
1988
as Screenplay
1984
as Screenplay
1962
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
1990
as Producer
1996
as Screenplay
1997
as Screenplay
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