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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as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island....
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55 Days at Peking
as Col. ShibaDiplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the...
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Lord Jim
as WarisAfter being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem...
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
as Ransui TokunagaLady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to...
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Sing a Song of Sex
as ÔtakeFour sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up...
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The Makioka Sisters
as TatsuoThis sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto...
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Human Torpedoes
as uncreditedStory of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...
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By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Shunji AmemiyaAlso known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant...
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The Family Game
as Mr. NumataA sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to...
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Bumpkin Soup
as Professor HirayamaA country girl visits Tokyo in search of her college heartthrob. Here she meets horny students,...
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Island of the Evil Spirits
as Ryuhei OchiFamous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he...
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Sweet Home
as Kenichi YamamuraA TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When...
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Team of Ruffians
as uncreditedPrisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedThe film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...
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Her Brother
as Son of Factory OwnerSet in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of...
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Sweet Secret
as uncreditedA dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom...
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The Notorious Concubines
as Ximen QingDark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak....
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The Gentle Japanese
as uncreditedA survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a...
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I Am a Cat
as MeiteiNakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens...
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My Way
as Dr. TakagiBased on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve...
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Safari 5000
as uncreditedA Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French...
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Choji Snack Bar
as KawaraEiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for...
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The Big Wave
as ToruYukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically...
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Baian the Assassin
as Sahei OumiyaThis is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the...
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as LawyerA runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in...
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The Flame of Devotion
as Takuji YoshiiThe tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a...
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Kidnapping Blues
as Walking ManA man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to...
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The False Student
as SozoA youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
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Parole
as Kenji KijimaThree men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
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Ten Dark Women
as HanamakiKaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him....
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Heat Wave Island
as IinoOtowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find...
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Grass Labyrinth
as Principal / Priest / Old manAkira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a...
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The Making of "Tampopo"
as SelfDocumentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).
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No More Easy Life
as TakamizawaMariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more...
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a....
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MacArthur's Children
as HatanoIn this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village...
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Until Evening
as SasaIntellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin....
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Making of Daibyonin
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The...
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Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.
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Convenience Jack
as uncreditedA youth action drama depicting the struggles of a young man who gets involved in an...
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Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
as uncreditedAn archery club on retreat in Hokkaido is forced to rescue their teacher who is kidnapped.
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A Young Man's Stronghold
as uncreditedA 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A...
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Rubber Band Pistol
as uncreditedJūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic...
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The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of...
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The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
as SelfA behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Minbo no Onna" a.k.a....
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Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the Juzo Itami memorial museum in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island...
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Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
as Self (archive footage)2012 NHK drama based on the Juzo Itami film "A Taxing Woman" (Marusa no Onna).
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