
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 15, 1933
Died
December 20, 1997 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also Known As
- Ichizô Itami
- Jûzô Itami
- 이타미 주조
- Itami Juzo
- Itami Jūzō
Jūzō Itami
Biography
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
Acting
Directing

Supermarket Woman
Director, Screenplay
1996

The Last Dance
Director, Writer
1993

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Writer, Director
1992

Tales of a Golden Geisha
Director, Writer, Producer
1990

Sweet Home
Executive Producer
1989

A Taxing Woman's Return
Director, Screenplay
1988

A Taxing Woman
Writer, Director
1987

Tampopo
Producer, Screenplay, Director
1985

The Funeral
Director, Screenplay
1984















