Jūzō Itami

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1933-05-15

Deathday 1997-12-20 (64 years old)

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

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.

Known For

Director

1996
Supermarket Woman

as Director

1995
A Quiet Life

as Director

1993
The Last Dance

as Director

1990
1988
1987
A Taxing Woman

as Director

1985
Tampopo

as Director

1984
The Funeral

as Director

1962
Rubber Band Pistol

as Director

Actor

2012
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

as Self (archive footage)

2011
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

as Self (archive footage)

1989
Sweet Home

as Kenichi Yamamura

1985
Bumpkin Soup

as Professor Hirayama

1984
1984
Make-Up

as Kumakura

1983
Choji Snack Bar

as Kawara

1983
1983
The Family Game

as Mr. Numata

1982
Kidnapping Blues

as Walking Man

1981
1981
Baian the Assassin

as Sahei Oumiya

1980
1979
No More Easy Life

as Takamizawa

1979
Private Collections

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

1979
Grass Labyrinth

as Principal / Priest / Old man

1975
I Am a Cat

as Meitei

1974
My Way

as Dr. Takagi

1969
1968
Even If Life Withers

as Shinji Sakaguchi

1968
1967
Parole

as Kenji Kijima

1967
1965
Lord Jim

as Waris

1964
The Flame of Devotion

as Takuji Yoshii

1963
55 Days at Peking

as Col. Shiba

1961
Ten Dark Women

as Hanamaki

1961
The Big Wave

as Toru

1960
Her Brother

as Son of Factory Owner

1960

Writer

1997
1996
Supermarket Woman

as Screenplay

1995
A Quiet Life

as Writer

1993
The Last Dance

as Writer

1988
1987
A Taxing Woman

as Writer

1985
Tampopo

as Screenplay

1984
The Funeral

as Screenplay

1962
Rubber Band Pistol

as Screenplay

Producer

1990
1989
Sweet Home

as Executive Producer

1985
Tampopo

as Producer