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Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Directing · 1933–1997 · Kyoto, Japan

IMDb

12 titles in this catalog, 10 of them scored with a median Balasaur Score of 68. The 1980s rate best: median 70 across 5 titles. Jūzō Itami appears most often alongside Nobuko Miyamoto (4 titles).

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.

Acting 57

Directing 11

Writing 11

Production 3