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Aliases: Ichizô Itami , Jûzô Itami , 이타미 주조 , Itami Juzo , Itami Jūzō , Yoshihiro Ikeuchi , Ikeuchi Yoshihiro , 池内義弘 , Itami Juuzou , Juuzou Itami , Juzo Itami

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan

Homepage: https://itami-kinenkan.jp/en/

Movie Involvements: 65

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

55 Days at Peking
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7

55 Days at Peking

(1963) Col. Shiba
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
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6
Choji Snack Bar
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8

Choji Snack Bar

(1983) Kawara
Lord Jim
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7

Lord Jim

(1965) Waris
Sing a Song of Sex
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6

Sing a Song of Sex

(1967) Ôtake
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
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0

Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

(2012) Self (archive footage)
Kidnapping Blues
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Kidnapping Blues

(1982) Walking Man
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
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Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

(2007) Self (archive footage)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2012 Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
Self
2011 Self (archive footage)
2007 Self (archive footage)
Self
1993 Self
1992 Self
1991 N/A
1990 Self
1989 Self
Kenichi Yamamura
1988 Self
1987 Self
1986 Self
1985 Professor Hirayama
1984 Hatano
Kumakura
1983 Tatsuo
Kawara
Mr. Numata
1982 Walking Man
N/A
N/A
1981 Ryuhei Ochi
Sahei Oumiya
Lawyer
1980 Sasa
1979 Takamizawa
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Principal / Priest / Old man
1975 Meitei
1974 Dr. Takagi
Ransui Tokunaga
1971 N/A
N/A
1970 N/A
1969 Iino
N/A
N/A
1968 Shinji Sakaguchi
Ximen Qing
N/A
N/A
1967 Kenji Kijima
Ôtake
1966 Shunji Amemiya
1965 Waris
1964 Takuji Yoshii
1963 Col. Shiba
1962 N/A
1961 Hanamaki
Toru
1960 Son of Factory owner
Sozo
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1990 Producer
1989 Executive Producer
1985 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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