Jūzō Itami
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1933, Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- December 20, 1997
- Movies
- 73
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1997 | Woman in Witness Protection | Director, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Supermarket Woman | Director, Screenplay |
| 1995 | A Quiet Life | Director, Screenplay |
| 1993 | The Last Dance | Director, Screenplay |
| 1992 | Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion | Writer, Director |
| 1990 | Tales of a Golden Geisha | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1988 | A Taxing Woman's Return | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | A Taxing Woman | Writer, Director |
| 1985 | Tampopo | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
| 1984 | The Funeral | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | Rubber Band Pistol | Director, Screenplay |
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