JI
Jūzō Itami
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
Born May 15, 1933Died December 20, 1997 (64 years)
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
Jūzō Itami Filmography
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1962 |
| 1997 | Woman in Witness Protection · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | Supermarket Woman · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1988 | A Taxing Woman's Return · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | Tampopo · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | The Funeral · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Rubber Band Pistol · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Sweet Home · as Executive Producer |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | The Funeral · as Associate Producer |
| 1989 | Sweet Home · as Kenichi Yamamura |
| 1985 | Bumpkin Soup · as Professor Hirayama |
| 1984 | MacArthur's Children · as Hatano |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar · as Kawara |
| 1983 | The Family Game · as Mr. Numata |
| 1983 | The Makioka Sisters · as Tatsuo |
| 1982 | The Kidnap Blues · as Walking Man |
| 1981 | From the Northern Country (TV Series) · as Shinji Yoshino |
| 1981 | Island of the Evil Spirits · as Ryuhei Ochi |
| 1981 | Shikake-nin Baian · as Sahei Oumiya |
| 1981 | Play it, Boogie-Woogie · as Lawyer |
| 1979 | No More Easy Life · as Takamizawa |
| 1979 | Grass Labyrinth · as Principal / Priest / Old Man |
| 1979 | Private Collections · as (segment "kusa-Meikyu") |
| 1975 | I Am a Cat · as Meitei |
| 1974 | Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | Younger Sister · as Kazuo Wada |
| 1974 | Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance · as Ransui Tokunaga |
| 1973 | Samurai Punisher (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1973 | Tale of Taking Countries (TV Series) · as Ashikaga Yoshiaki |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | Yoru no kayô sirîzu: Inochi karetemo · as Shinji Sakaguchi |
| 1968 | Notorious Concubines · as Ximen Qing |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Kii Hantâ (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Chôeki jûhachi-nen: Kari shutsugoku · as Kenji Kijima |
| 1967 | Miss Comet (TV Series) · as Dad (ep. 49-79) |
| 1967 | Sing a Song of Sex · as Ôtake |
| 1966 | By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him · as Shunji Amemiya |
| 1965 | Lord Jim · as Waris |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Genji |
| 1964 | The Flame of Devotion · as Takuji Yoshii |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking · as Col. Shiba |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Ten Dark Women · as Hanamaki |
| 1960 | Brother · as Son Of Factory Owner |
| 1960 | A False Student · as Sozo |
| 1988 | Making of 'A Taxing Woman 2' · as Self |