Jūzō Itami
Actor
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
55 Days at Peking
as Col. Shiba 1963
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui Tokunaga 1974
Lord Jim
as Waris 1965
The Makioka Sisters
as Tatsuo 1983
Sweet Home
as Kenichi Yamamura 1989
Private Collections
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu") 1979
Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old man 1979
Sing a Song of Sex
as Ôtake 1967
The Family Game
as Mr. Numata 1983
Her Brother
as Son of Factory Owner 1960
Bumpkin Soup
as Professor Hirayama 1985
Ten Dark Women
as Hanamaki 1961
MacArthur's Children
as Hatano 1984
The False Student
as Sozo 1960
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self 1988
The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji Yoshii 1964