Jūzō Itami
Birthday
1933/05/15
Day of death
1997/12/20 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also know 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
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) Sweet Secret
as ---
(1979) Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
(1974) Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga
(1970) A Young Man's Stronghold
as ---
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(1990) The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
as Self
(1992) The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
as Self
(2011) Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) Sing a Song of Sex
as Ôtake
(1960) Her Brother
as Son of Factory Owner
(1979) No More Easy Life
as Takamizawa
(1988) The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self
(1987) The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
as Self
(1989) Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Self
(1982) Kidnapping Blues
as Walking Man
(1993) Making of Daibyonin
as Self
(1974) My Way
as Dr. Takagi
(1982) Onna no naka no akuma
as ---
(1963) 55 Days at Peking
as Col. Shiba
(1984) MacArthur's Children
as Hatano
(2012) Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
as Self
(2012) 'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
as Self
(2007) Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
as Self
(2012) "Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
as Self
(1969) Safari 5000
as ---
(1964) The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji Yoshii
(1983) The Family Game
as Mr. Numata
(1979) Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man
(2007) Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
as ---
(2003) 北の国から 記憶 前編
as ---
(1965) Lord Jim
as Waris
(1969) Heat Wave Island
as Iino
(1966) By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Shunji Amemiya
(1981) Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei Ochi
(1975) I Am a Cat
as Meitei
(1983) Choji Snack Bar
as Kawara
(1992) Convenience Jack
as ---
(1968) Human Torpedoes
as ---
(1968) The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as ---
(1981) Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Lawyer
(1968) The Notorious Concubines
as Ximen Qing
(1960) The False Student
as Sozo
(1961) Ten Dark Women
as Hanamaki
(1986) The Making of "Tampopo"
as Self
(1962) Rubber Band Pistol
as ---
(1983) The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo
(1985) Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama
(1967) Parole
as Kenji Kijima
(1969) Team of Ruffians
as ---
(1980) Until Evening
as Sasa
(1961) The Big Wave
as Toru
(1989) Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura
(1971) The Gentle Japanese
as ---
(1984) Make-Up
as Kumakura
(1968) Even If Life Withers
as Shinji Sakaguchi
(1981) Baian the Assassin
as Sahei Oumiya
(1960) Kirai Kirai Kirai
as ---
(1983) The Politicians
as Itakura
(1982) Toge no Gunzo
as ---
(2012) Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
as Self (archive footage)