Director
Jūzō Itami
May 15, 1933 · 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 murdered by the yakuza.
Notable work
Often works with
Nobuko Miyamoto
11 titles together
Tampopo, A Taxing Woman's Return, The Funeral
Masahiko Tsugawa
7 titles together
A Taxing Woman's Return, A Taxing Woman, Supermarket Woman
Yoshihiro Kato
6 titles together
Tampopo, A Taxing Woman's Return, The Funeral
Tsutomu Yamazaki
3 titles together
Tampopo, The Funeral, A Taxing Woman
Kinzō Sakura
3 titles together
Tampopo, A Taxing Woman's Return, A Taxing Woman
Fukumi Kuroda
3 titles together
Tampopo, Sweet Home, Tales of a Golden Geisha
Full filmography · 55
北の国から 記憶 前編
cast
2003
Woman in Witness Protection
Director
1997
Supermarket Woman
Director
19966.7
A Quiet Life
Director
1995
The Last Dance
Director
1993
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Writer and Director
19927
Convenience Jack
cast
1992
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
cast
1991
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Writer and Director
1990
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura
19896.4
A Taxing Woman's Return
Director
19886.4
A Taxing Woman
Director and Writer
19876.7