Jūzō Itami
Directing
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.
Filmography
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北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
Supermarket Woman
1996
A Quiet Life
1995
The Last Dance
1993
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992
Convenience Jack
1992
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1991
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
Sweet Home
1989
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
A Taxing Woman
1987
Tampopo
1985
Bumpkin Soup
1985
The Funeral
1984
MacArthur's Children
1984
Make-Up
1984
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Politicians
1983
The Makioka Sisters
1983
The Family Game
1983
Kidnapping Blues
1982
Onna no naka no akuma
1982
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
Baian the Assassin
1981
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
Until Evening
1980
No More Easy Life
1979
Grass Labyrinth
1979
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979
Private Collections
1979
I Am a Cat
1975
My Way
1974
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
Sweet Secret
1971
The Gentle Japanese
1971
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Heat Wave Island
1969
Team of Ruffians
1969
Safari 5000
1969
Even If Life Withers
1968
The Notorious Concubines
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Human Torpedoes
1968
Parole
1967
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
Lord Jim
1965
The Flame of Devotion
1964
55 Days at Peking
1963
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
Ten Dark Women
1961
The Big Wave
1961
Her Brother
1960
The False Student
1960
Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960