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Jūzō Itami
Directing Born: May 15, 1933 • 64 years old (deceased) • 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.
Also Known As
Ichizô ItamiJûzô Itami이타미 주조Itami JuzoItami JūzōYoshihiro IkeuchiIkeuchi Yoshihiro池内義弘
