Directing
Jūzō Itami
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.
Titles
Toge no Gunzo
1982
55 Days at Peking
1963
The Makioka Sisters
1983
Bumpkin Soup
1985
Lord Jim
1965
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
Sweet Home
1989
MacArthur's Children
1984
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
2012
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
Private Collections
1979
The Notorious Concubines
1968
I Am a Cat
1975
The Politicians
1983
Kidnapping Blues
1982
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Safari 5000
1969
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
The False Student
1960
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
Team of Ruffians
1969
Tokyo 196X
1968
Her Brother
1960
The Family Game
1983
Grass Labyrinth
1979
Human Torpedoes
1968
Sweet Secret
1971
Ten Women in Black
1961
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
The Flame of Devotion
1964
The Gentle Japanese
1971