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Jūzō Itami

Ichizô Itami | Jûzô Itami | Itami Juzo

About the person
Career:

Directing

Date of birth:
1933-05-15
Place of birth:

Kyoto, Japan

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

1

Date of death

1997-12-20

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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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