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Jūzō Itami
DirectingBorn May 15, 1933 (64 years old at death)· Died December 20, 1997
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 Itami, Jûzô Itami, Itami Juzo, Itami Jūzō
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