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Jūzō Itami

Directing · Died aged 64

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TMDB ID
69167 ↗
Born
1933-05-15
Died
1997-12-20
Age at death
64
Place of birth
Kyoto, Japan
Known for
Directing

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.

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Filmography

Directing12
Acting65
Writing11
Producing3