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Jūzō Itami

1933–1997 · Directing

60.1avg grm
10titles
#303best rank
3honors
Tbest title · #303 on siteTampopo1985 · as Director79.0

Honors

3
1988Mainichi Film Award — Best Screenplay
1985Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director
—Mainichi Film Award — Best Director

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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1990s3 titlesWWoman in Witness Protection1997 · as Director58.0SSupermarket Woman1996 · as Director57.5MMinbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion1992 · as Director57.9
1980s5 titlesAA Taxing Woman1987 · as Director56.8TTampopo1985 · as Director79.0FThe Funeral1984 · as Director56.2MThe Makioka Sisters1983 · as Tatsuo Makioka, Tsuruko's husband56.5FThe Family Game1983 · as Mr. Numata, the father56.5
1960s2 titlesNNET Playhouse1964 · as Genji · series64.1AA False Student1960 · as Soratani58.7

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Jūzō Itami

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born1933
died1997
known forDirecting
titles on site10
best title rank#303 · Tampopo (1985)
avg GRM60.1
honors3 · Mainichi Film Award — Best Screenplay, 1988
Honors
  • 1988Mainichi Film Award — Best Screenplay
  • 1985Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director
  • —Mainichi Film Award — Best Director
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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1990s

3 titles
W58.0Woman in Witness Protection1997 · as DirectorS57.5Supermarket Woman1996 · as DirectorM57.9Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion1992 · as Director

1980s

5 titles
A56.8A Taxing Woman1987 · as DirectorT79.0Tampopo1985 · as DirectorF56.2The Funeral1984 · as DirectorM56.5The Makioka Sisters1983 · as Tatsuo Makioka, Tsuruko's husbandF56.5The Family Game1983 · as Mr. Numata, the father

1960s

2 titles
N64.1NET Playhouse1964 · as Genji · seriesA58.7A False Student1960 · as Soratani

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