Cast & creator
Jūzō Itami
Best known for Toge no Gunzo, Tampopo, Tampopo
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.
Also known as: Ichizô Itami, Yoshihiro Ikeuchi, 池内義弘, 伊丹一三
85
film credits
2
television credits
62
1960–2012 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Tampopo
Screenplay
1985Tampopo
Director
1985Tampopo
Producer
1985
55 Days at Peking
Col. Shiba
1963
A Taxing Woman
Director
1987A Taxing Woman
Writer
1987
The Funeral
Director
1984The Funeral
Screenplay
1984
Lord Jim
Waris
1965
Woman in Witness Protection
Director
1997Woman in Witness Protection
Screenplay
1997
The Makioka Sisters
Tatsuo
1983
Private Collections
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
1979
Supermarket Woman
Director
1996Supermarket Woman
Screenplay
1996
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Ransui Tokunaga
1974
MacArthur's Children
Hatano
1984
I Am a Cat
Meitei
1975
Bumpkin Soup
Professor Hirayama
1985
Sweet Home
Kenichi Yamamura
1989Sweet Home
Executive Producer
1989
Ten Women in Black
Hanamaki
1961
Island of the Evil Spirits
Ryuhei Ochi
1981
The Notorious Concubines
Ximen Qing
1968
Tokyo 196X
Kenkichi Godai
1968
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Self (archive footage)
2012
Sing a Song of Sex
Ôtake
1967
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Director
1992Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Writer
1992
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Lawyer
1981
Safari 5000
Kenichi Nomura
1969
The Last Dance
Director
1993The Last Dance
Screenplay
1993
Choji Snack Bar
Kawara
1983
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
Self
1989
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Director
1990Tales of a Golden Geisha
Writer
1990Tales of a Golden Geisha
Producer
1990
The Family Game
Kosuke Numata
1983
A Taxing Woman's Return
Director
1988A Taxing Woman's Return
Screenplay
1988
Heat Wave Island
Iino
1969
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Shunji Amemiya
1966
Her Brother
Son of Factory Owner
1960
Kidnapping Blues
Walking Man
1982
Grass Labyrinth
Principal / Priest / Old man
1979
Team of Ruffians
1969
My Way
Dr. Takagi
1974
A Quiet Life
Director
1995A Quiet Life
Screenplay
1995
The Making of "Tampopo"
Self
1986
Human Torpedoes
1968
No More Easy Life
Takamizawa
1979
The Politicians
Itakura
1983
Until Evening
Sasa
1980
Even If Life Withers
Shinji Sakaguchi
1968The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
Narration
1979
Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
Self (archive footage)
2007
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
The Flame of Devotion
Takuji Yoshii
1964
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Convenience Jack
1992
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
Self
1990
Sweet Secret
1971
Parole
Kenji Kijima
1967
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
Self
1992
Rubber Band Pistol
1962Rubber Band Pistol
Director
1962Rubber Band Pistol
Screenplay
1962
Shirayuri Girls' Academy Western Archery Club: A Silver Target
1991
The Big Wave
Toru
1961
The False Student
Sozo
1960
Baian the Assassin
Sahei Oumiya
1981
Make-Up
Kumakura
1984
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
1988
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Making of Daibyonin
Self
1993
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
Self
1987
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Onna no naka no akuma
1982'Marutai no Onna' satsuei wo oete
Self
2012"Utsukishiki Shizuka na Seikatsu" + satsuei genba hōmonki
Self
2012
Itami Juzo Museum's "13"
Self (archive footage)
2011Itami Jūzō Kinenkan ga dekiru made
Self
2007Itami-ryū super na supermarket ga dekiru made
Self
2012