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.
Acting
Movie
55 Days at Peking
as Col. Shiba
1963
Movie
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga
1974
Movie
Lord Jim
as Waris
1965
Movie
The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo
1983
Movie
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura
1989
Movie
Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
1979
Movie
Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man
1979
Movie
Sing a Song of Sex
as Ôtake
1967
Movie
The Family Game
as Mr. Numata
1983
Movie
Her Brother
as Son of Factory Owner
1960
Movie
Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama
1985
Movie
Ten Dark Women
as Hanamaki
1961
Movie
MacArthur's Children
as Hatano
1984
Movie
The False Student
as Sozo
1960
Movie
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
Movie
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self
1988
Movie
The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji Yoshii
1964
Movie
Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei Ochi
1981
Movie
I Am a Cat
as Meitei
1975
Movie
My Way
as Dr. Takagi
1974
Movie
Safari 5000
1969
Movie
Choji Snack Bar
as Kawara
1983
Movie
The Notorious Concubines
as Ximen Qing
1968
Movie
No More Easy Life
as Takamizawa
1979
Crew
Movie
Tampopo
Screenplay
1985
Movie
A Taxing Woman's Return
Director
1988
Movie
The Funeral
Director
1984
Movie
A Taxing Woman
Director
1987
Movie
Sweet Home
Executive Producer
1989
Movie
Supermarket Woman
Director
1996
Movie
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Director
1992
Movie
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Director
1990
Movie
The Last Dance
Director
1993
Movie
Woman in Witness Protection
Director
1997
Movie
A Quiet Life
Director
1995
Movie
Rubber Band Pistol
Director
1962