Jūzō Itami

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Born

1933

Works

11

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Film & TV

Kyoto, Japan

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…

Known for

• "Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki — Self2012
• Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made — Self2012
• 'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete — Self2012
• Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna — Self (archive footage)2012
• Itami Juzo Museum's "13" — Self (archive footage)2011
• Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made — Self2007
• Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces — Self (archive footage)2007
• 北の国から 記憶 前編2003
• Making of Daibyonin — Self1993
• The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion" — Self1992

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Country

JP

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Empire of Japan

Place of birth

Ukyō Ward

Place of death

Minato

Spouse

Nobuko Miyamoto

Father

Mansaku Itami

Occupation

television director

Languages spoken

Japanese

Native language

Japanese

Image

1992 Juzo Itami.jpg

Height

180

Number of children

2

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