Cinenaut

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 (54 movies)

-

Sweet Secret

1971

5.9

Private Collections

1979

6.4

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

1974

-

A Young Man's Stronghold

1970

-

The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"

1990

-

The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"

1992

-

Itami Juzo Museum's "13"

2011

5.6

Sing a Song of Sex

1967

6.9

Her Brother

1960

-

No More Easy Life

1979

-

The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

1987

-

The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

1988

-

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

1989

-

Kidnapping Blues

1982

-

Making of Daibyonin

1993

-

My Way

1974

-

Onna no naka no akuma

1982

7.0

55 Days at Peking

1963

-

MacArthur's Children

1984

-

Safari 5000

1969

-

The Flame of Devotion

1964

7.2

Grass Labyrinth

1979

6.8

The Family Game

1983

-

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

2007

-

Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target

1991

-

北の国から記憶前編

2003

6.8

Lord Jim

1965

-

Heat Wave Island

1969

-

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

1966

-

Island of the Evil Spirits

1981

-

I Am a Cat

1975

-

Choji Snack Bar

1983

-

Convenience Jack

1992

-

Human Torpedoes

1968

-

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

1968

-

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

1981

-

The Notorious Concubines

1968

-

The False Student

1960

5.5

Ten Dark Women

1961

-

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986

-

Rubber Band Pistol

1962

7.4

The Makioka Sisters

1983

4.6

Bumpkin Soup

1985

-

Parole

1967

-

Team of Ruffians

1969

-

Until Evening

1980

-

The Big Wave

1961

6.4

Sweet Home

1989

-

The Gentle Japanese

1971

-

Make-Up

1984

-

Even If Life Withers

1968

-

Baian the Assassin

1981

-

Kirai Kirai Kirai

1960

-

The Politicians

1983

Directing (11 movies)

7.8

Tampopo

1985

6.7

A Taxing Woman

1987

7.1

The Funeral

1984

6.3

A Taxing Woman's Return

1988

-

A Quiet Life

1995

6.1

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990

6.6

The Last Dance

1993

6.6

Supermarket Woman

1996

6.7

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

1992

-

Woman in Witness Protection

1997

-

Rubber Band Pistol

1962

Title	Year	Job
Rubber Band Pistol	1962	Screenplay
The Funeral	1984	Screenplay
Tampopo	1985	Producer
Tampopo	1985	Screenplay
A Taxing Woman	1987	Writer
A Taxing Woman's Return	1988	Screenplay
Sweet Home	1989	Executive Producer
Tales of a Golden Geisha	1990	Writer
Tales of a Golden Geisha	1990	Producer
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion	1992	Writer
The Last Dance	1993	Writer
A Quiet Life	1995	Writer
Supermarket Woman	1996	Screenplay
Woman in Witness Protection	1997	Screenplay