
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 (54 movies)

Sweet Secret
1971

Private Collections
1979

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

Sing a Song of Sex
1967

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

55 Days at Peking
1963

MacArthur's Children
1984

Safari 5000
1969

The Flame of Devotion
1964

Grass Labyrinth
1979

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

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

Ten Dark Women
1961

The Making of "Tampopo"
1986

Rubber Band Pistol
1962

The Makioka Sisters
1983

Bumpkin Soup
1985

Parole
1967

Team of Ruffians
1969

Until Evening
1980

The Big Wave
1961

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)

Tampopo
1985

A Taxing Woman
1987

The Funeral
1984

A Taxing Woman's Return
1988

A Quiet Life
1995

Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990

The Last Dance
1993

Supermarket Woman
1996

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 |