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.
Sweet Secret
Private Collections
((segment "Kusa-Meikyu"))
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
(Ransui Tokunaga)
A Young Man's Stronghold
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
(Self)
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
(Self)
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
(Self (archive footage))
Sing a Song of Sex
(Ôtake)
Her Brother
(Son of Factory Owner)
No More Easy Life
(Takamizawa)
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
(Self)
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
(Self)
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
(Self)
Kidnapping Blues
(Walking Man)
Making of Daibyonin
(Self)
My Way
(Dr. Takagi)
Onna no naka no akuma
55 Days at Peking
(Col. Shiba)
MacArthur's Children
(Hatano)
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
(Self)
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
(Self)
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
(Self)
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
(Self)
Safari 5000
The Flame of Devotion
(Takuji Yoshii)
Grass Labyrinth
(Principal / Priest / Old man)
The Family Game
(Mr. Numata)
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
(Self (archive footage))
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
北の国から 記憶 前編
Lord Jim
(Waris)
Heat Wave Island
(Iino)
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
(Shunji Amemiya)
Island of the Evil Spirits
(Ryuhei Ochi)
I Am a Cat
(Meitei)
Choji Snack Bar
(Kawara)
Convenience Jack
Human Torpedoes
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
(Lawyer)
The Notorious Concubines
(Ximen Qing)
The False Student
(Sozo)
Ten Dark Women
(Hanamaki)
The Making of "Tampopo"
(Self)
Rubber Band Pistol
The Makioka Sisters
(Tatsuo)
Bumpkin Soup
(Professor Hirayama)
Parole
(Kenji Kijima)
Team of Ruffians
Until Evening
(Sasa)
The Big Wave
(Toru)
Sweet Home
(Kenichi Yamamura)
The Gentle Japanese
Make-Up
(Kumakura)
Even If Life Withers
(Shinji Sakaguchi)
Baian the Assassin
(Sahei Oumiya)
Kirai Kirai Kirai
Toge no Gunzo
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
(Self (archive footage))
Tampopo
(Screenplay)
Tampopo
(Director)
Tampopo
(Producer)
A Taxing Woman's Return
(Director)
A Taxing Woman
(Director)
A Taxing Woman
(Writer)
The Funeral
(Director)
A Quiet Life
(Director)
A Quiet Life
(Writer)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
(Director)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
(Writer)
The Last Dance
(Director)
The Last Dance
(Writer)
Supermarket Woman
(Director)
Sweet Home
(Executive Producer)
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
(Director)
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
(Writer)
Woman in Witness Protection
(Director)
A Taxing Woman's Return
(Screenplay)
The Funeral
(Screenplay)
Rubber Band Pistol
(Director)
Rubber Band Pistol
(Screenplay)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
(Producer)
Supermarket Woman
(Screenplay)
Woman in Witness Protection
(Screenplay)