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
55 Days at Peking
1963
Lord Jim
1965
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1989
The Notorious Concubines
1968
The Makioka Sisters
1983
Private Collections
1979
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
Bumpkin Soup
1985
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
I Am a Cat
1975
Sweet Home
1989
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
The Making of "Tampopo"
1986
Ten Dark Women
1961
The Family Game
1983
Her Brother
1960
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
Heat Wave Island
1969
Choji Snack Bar
1983
Kidnapping Blues
1982
Grass Labyrinth
1979
The Big Wave
1961
Safari 5000
1969
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
2012
The Politicians
1983
Team of Ruffians
1969
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Human Torpedoes
1968
Rubber Band Pistol
1962
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
No More Easy Life
1979
Baian the Assassin
1981
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
1992