Jūzō Itami
Directing•Born May 15, 1933•Died December 20, 1997 (age 64)•Kyoto, Japan
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.
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DepartmentDirecting
BirthdayMay 15, 1933
Day of DeathDecember 20, 1997
Place of BirthKyoto, Japan
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