Jūzō Itami

Personal Info

Birthday

May 15, 1933

Day of Death

1997-12-20

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

Also Known As

Ichizô Itami

Jûzô Itami

이타미 주조

Itami Juzo

Itami Jūzō

Yoshihiro Ikeuchi

Ikeuchi Yoshihiro

池内義弘

Itami Juuzou

Juuzou Itami

Juzo Itami

伊丹一三

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

Baian the Assassin

55 Days at Peking

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Sing a Song of Sex

Lord Jim

Private Collections

Sweet Home

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

Filmography

2012
'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
as Self
Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
as Self
"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
as Self
2011
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
as Self (archive footage)
Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
as Self
1993
Making of Daibyonin
as Self
1992
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
as Self
1990
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
as Self
1989
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
as Self
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura
1988
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self
1987
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
as Self
1986
The Making of "Tampopo"
as Self
1985
Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama
1984
MacArthur's Children
as Hatano
Make-Up
as Kumakura
1983
Choji Snack Bar
as Kawara
The Politicians
as Itakura
The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo
The Family Game
as Mr. Numata
1982
Kidnapping Blues
as Walking Man
1981
Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei Ochi
Baian the Assassin
as Sahei Oumiya
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Lawyer
1980
Until Evening
as Sasa
1979
No More Easy Life
as Takamizawa
Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man
Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
1975
I Am a Cat
as Meitei
1974
My Way
as Dr. Takagi
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga
1969
Heat Wave Island
as Iino
1968
Even If Life Withers
as Shinji Sakaguchi
The Notorious Concubines
as Ximen Qing
1967
Parole
as Kenji Kijima
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
The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji Yoshii
1963
55 Days at Peking
as Col. Shiba
1961
Ten Dark Women
as Hanamaki
The Big Wave
as Toru
1960
Her Brother
as Son of Factory Owner
The False Student
as Sozo