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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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Kyoto, Japan, 1933-05-15

Died: 1997-12-20

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Kirai Kirai Kirai		0
2	1960	The False Student	Sozo	65
3	1960	Her Brother	Son of Factory Owner	69
4	1961	The Big Wave	Toru	0
5	1961	Ten Dark Women	Hanamaki	59
6	1962	Rubber Band Pistol		48
7	1963	55 Days at Peking	Col. Shiba	70
8	1964	The Flame of Devotion	Takuji Yoshii	68
9	1965	Lord Jim	Waris	68
10	1966	By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him	Shunji Amemiya	80
11	1967	Sing a Song of Sex	Ôtake	55
12	1967	Parole	Kenji Kijima	0
13	1968	Human Torpedoes		0
14	1968	The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze		60
15	1968	The Notorious Concubines	Ximen Qing	35
16	1968	Even If Life Withers	Shinji Sakaguchi	0
17	1969	Safari 5000		73
18	1969	Team of Ruffians		0
19	1969	Heat Wave Island	Iino	60
20	1970	A Young Man's Stronghold		0
21	1971	The Gentle Japanese		0
22	1971	Sweet Secret		0
23	1974	Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance	Ransui Tokunaga	64
24	1974	My Way	Dr. Takagi	57
25	1975	I Am a Cat	Meitei	33
26	1979	Grass Labyrinth	Principal / Priest / Old man	73
27	1979	Private Collections	(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")	61
28	1979	No More Easy Life	Takamizawa	70
29	1980	Until Evening	Sasa	0
30	1981	Play it, Boogie-Woogie	Lawyer	60
31	1981	Baian the Assassin	Sahei Oumiya	90
32	1981	Island of the Evil Spirits	Ryuhei Ochi	60
33	1982	Onna no naka no akuma		0
34	1982	Kidnapping Blues	Walking Man	90
35	1983	The Family Game	Mr. Numata	68
36	1983	The Makioka Sisters	Tatsuo	74
37	1983	The Politicians	Itakura	0
38	1983	Choji Snack Bar	Kawara	70
39	1984	Make-Up	Kumakura	0
40	1984	MacArthur's Children	Hatano	55
41	1985	Bumpkin Soup	Professor Hirayama	48
42	1986	The Making of "Tampopo"	Self	0
43	1987	The Making of "A Taxing Woman"	Self	0
44	1988	The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"	Self	51
45	1989	Sweet Home	Kenichi Yamamura	64
46	1989	Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'	Self	42
47	1990	The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"	Self	0
48	1991	Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target		0
49	1992	The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"	Self	0
50	1992	Convenience Jack		0
51	1993	Making of Daibyonin	Self	0
52	2003	北の国から記憶前編		0
53	2007	Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made	Self	0
54	2007	Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces	Self (archive footage)	50
55	2011	Itami Juzo Museum's "13"	Self (archive footage)	0
56	2012	"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki	Self	60
57	2012	Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made	Self	0
58	2012	'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Toge no Gunzo		0
2	2012	Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna	Self (archive footage)	0