Jūzō Itami
Directing
Born 1933-05-15
Died 1997-12-20
Kyoto, Japan
72 credits
Mainichi Film Award for Best Director 1
Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year 1
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year 1
Awards
Won 1 Mainichi Film Award for Best Director Award
Mainichi Film Award for Best Director 1 won
- — Best Director Won
Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1 won
- 1988 Best Screenplay Won A Taxing Woman
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year 1 won
- 1988 Screenplay of the Year Won A Taxing Woman
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year 1 won
- 1988 Director of the Year Won A Taxing Woman
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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 murdered by the yakuza.
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Filmography
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Directing
11 credits
Tampopo
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
A Taxing Woman
Supermarket Woman
Tales of a Golden Geisha
The Funeral
A Taxing Woman's Return
Woman in Witness Protection
The Last Dance
A Quiet Life
Rubber Band Pistol
Acting
40 credits
55 Days at Peking
Lord Jim
The Making of "Tampopo"
Sweet Home
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Sing a Song of Sex
Tokyo 196X
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Bumpkin Soup
Grass Labyrinth
The Makioka Sisters
Choji Snack Bar
Private Collections
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Island of the Evil Spirits
The Notorious Concubines
The Family Game
Make-Up
No More Easy Life
Her Brother
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Ten Dark Women
I Am a Cat
MacArthur's Children
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
Heat Wave Island
The Politicians
Kidnapping Blues
My Way
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
The False Student
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
Parole
Until Evening
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
The Big Wave
Even If Life Withers
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Writing
10 credits
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
A Taxing Woman
Supermarket Woman
Tales of a Golden Geisha
The Funeral
A Taxing Woman's Return
Woman in Witness Protection
The Last Dance
A Quiet Life
Rubber Band Pistol
Other credits
9 credits
Toge no Gunzo
Safari 5000
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Team of Ruffians
A Young Man's Stronghold
Human Torpedoes
Sweet Secret
北の国から 記憶 前編
Kirai Kirai Kirai
Producing
2 credits
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