Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

May 15, 1933 (91 years old) in Kyoto, Japan

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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Toge no Gunzo Toge no Gunzo
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
55 Days at Peking 55 Days at Peking
Lord Jim Lord Jim

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