Jūzō Itami

Directing

Born 1933-05-15 · died 1997-12-20 · Kyoto, Japan

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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.

Known for

Make-UpThe Gentle JapaneseA Young Man's StrongholdThe Big WaveParoleBy a Man's Face Shall You Know HimKidnapping BluesPlay it, Boogie-WoogieBaian the AssassinChoji Snack Bar