Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

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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.

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KNOWN FOR

The Notorious Concubines

The Notorious Concubines

1968

Lord Jim

Lord Jim

1965

Tampopo

Tampopo

1985

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963

Private Collections

Private Collections

1979

The Funeral

The Funeral

1984

FILMOGRAPHY

ACTOR59

DIRECTOR11

WRITER11

PRODUCER3