Jūzō Itami poster

Jūzō Itami

Directing

3 movies available on YTS

Actor info

  • Name :

    Jūzō Itami

  • Born :

    May 15, 1933 in Kyoto, Japan (64 years at death)

  • Died :

    December 20, 1997

  • Known for :

    Directing

  • Gender :

    Male

  • Film career :

    59 films (1960–2012)

  • Also known as :

    Ichizô Itami, Jûzô Itami, Itami Juzo, Itami Jūzō, Yoshihiro Ikeuchi

  • Links :

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.

Notable films

3 YIFY Movies starring Jūzō Itami