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Jūzō Itami

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Born: May 15, 1933 in Kyoto, Japan

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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 murder...

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Lord Jim
6.8
Lord Jim1965
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
6.4
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance1974
The Family Game
6.8
The Family Game1983
Her Brother
6.9
Her Brother1960
Choji Snack Bar
7.0
Choji Snack Bar1983
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
6.0
Play it, Boogie-Woogie1981
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Sing a Song of Sex
5.6
Sing a Song of Sex1967
The Makioka Sisters
7.4
The Makioka Sisters1983
Human Torpedoes
Human Torpedoes1968
The Politicians
The Politicians1983
The Flame of Devotion
6.8
The Flame of Devotion1964
My Way
5.7
My Way1974
55 Days at Peking
6.9
55 Days at Peking1963
I Am a Cat
2.8
I Am a Cat1975
No More Easy Life
7.0
No More Easy Life1979
Parole
Parole1967
The Notorious Concubines
3.0
The Notorious Concubines1968
Island of the Evil Spirits
6.0
Island of the Evil Spirits1981
Bumpkin Soup
4.8
Bumpkin Soup1985
Kidnapping Blues
9.0
Kidnapping Blues1982
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
6.0
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze1968
The Gentle Japanese
The Gentle Japanese1971
The False Student
6.5
The False Student1960
Sweet Home
6.4
Sweet Home1989
Safari 5000
7.3
Safari 50001969
Heat Wave Island
6.0
Heat Wave Island1969
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
8.0
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him1966
Make-Up
Make-Up1984
Baian the Assassin
9.0
Baian the Assassin1981
MacArthur's Children
5.0
MacArthur's Children1984
A Young Man's Stronghold
A Young Man's Stronghold1970
Kirai Kirai Kirai
Kirai Kirai Kirai1960
Grass Labyrinth
7.2
Grass Labyrinth1979
Even If Life Withers
Even If Life Withers1968
Until Evening
Until Evening1980
Ten Dark Women
5.5
Ten Dark Women1961
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
5.1
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"1988
The Big Wave
The Big Wave1961
Convenience Jack
Convenience Jack1992
Sweet Secret
Sweet Secret1971
Making of Daibyonin
Making of Daibyonin1993
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target1991
Private Collections
5.9
Private Collections1979
北の国から 記憶 前編
北の国から 記憶 前編2003
Team of Ruffians
Team of Ruffians1969
Onna no naka no akuma
Onna no naka no akuma1982
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"1987
The Making of "Tampopo"
The Making of "Tampopo"1986
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"1992
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"1990
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
5.0
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces2007
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
4.2
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'1989
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"2011
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case1979
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made2007
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made2012
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete2012
Rubber Band Pistol
4.8
Rubber Band Pistol1962
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
6.0
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki2012