Jūzō Itami
Birthday: 1933-05-15
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
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.
Movies
Sweet Secret
A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while i...
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Private Collections
Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While s...
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the ...
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The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of a G...
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The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Minbo no Onna" a.k.a. "Minbo: ...
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Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
A documentary about the Juzo Itami memorial museum in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of S...
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Sing a Song of Sex
Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with...
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Her Brother
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a s...
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No More Easy Life
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of he...
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxi...
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a. "A Ta...
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Kidnapping Blues
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch ...
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Making of Daibyonin
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Da...
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My Way
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her hu...
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55 Days at Peking
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the Internati...
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MacArthur's Children
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must c...
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"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection about the production of "Shizuka na S...
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'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection about the production of "Marutai no O...
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Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection about the production of "Super no Onn...
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Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
Featurette included with "Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces" about the creation of the Itami Juzo Mu...
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Safari 5000
A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driv...
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The Flame of Devotion
The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman...
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Grass Labyrinth
Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small ...
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The Family Game
A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; ...
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Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker....
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Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
An archery club on retreat in Hokkaido is forced to rescue their teacher who is kidnapped....
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Lord Jim
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him...
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Heat Wave Island
Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to ...
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense...
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Island of the Evil Spirits
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets...
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I Am a Cat
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of f...
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Choji Snack Bar
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and se...
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Convenience Jack
A youth action drama depicting the struggles of a young man who gets involved in an extraordinary in...
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Human Torpedoes
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of th...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dre...
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high...
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The Notorious Concubines
Dark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak. Still,...
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The False Student
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students....
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Ten Dark Women
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. Howeve...
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The Making of "Tampopo"
Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985)....
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Rubber Band Pistol
Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth...
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The Makioka Sisters
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every y...
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Bumpkin Soup
A country girl visits Tokyo in search of her college heartthrob. Here she meets horny students, a ps...
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Team of Ruffians
Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission....
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Until Evening
Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, l...
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The Big Wave
Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically thre...
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Sweet Home
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they st...
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The Gentle Japanese
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute mo...
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Baian the Assassin
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous ...
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The Politicians
Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal m...
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