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.
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6.4Woman in Witness Protection
1997 · Movie · Director
6.7Supermarket Woman
1996 · Movie · Director
7.6A Quiet Life
1995 · Movie · Director
6.9The Last Dance
1993 · Movie · Director
7.0Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992 · Movie · Director
6.2Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990 · Movie · Director
6.4A Taxing Woman's Return
1988 · Movie · Director
6.7A Taxing Woman
1987 · Movie · Director
7.8Tampopo
1985 · Movie · Director
7.2The Funeral
1984 · Movie · Director
5.0Rubber Band Pistol
1962 · Movie · Director