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Jūzō Itami

Directing

Jūzō Itami

Born
1933-05-15 · Kyoto, Japan
Died
1997-12-20
Filmography
72 titles on TMDB
About Jūzō Itami

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.

Backdrop from 55 Days at Peking

Films & television

70 titles

Producer · Screenplay · Director

Writer · Director

Director · Screenplay

(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

Professor Hirayama

Director · Screenplay

Kenichi Yamamura · Executive Producer

Director · Screenplay

Director · Writer · Producer

Son of Factory Owner

Director · Screenplay

Director · Screenplay

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