Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
85
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-05-15
Day of Death
1997-12-20 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also Known As
Ichizô Itami
Jûzô Itami
이타미 주조
Itami Juzo
Itami Jūzō
Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Ikeuchi Yoshihiro
池内義弘
Itami Juuzou
Juuzou Itami
Juzo Itami
伊丹一三
Jūzō Itami
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.
