ACTOR

Jūzō Itami

Best known as Takuji Yoshii in The Flame of Devotion.

10 Appearances

2 Series

8 Films

6.9 Top rated

Personal details

Known for

Directing

Gender

Male

Born

15 maggio 1933

Died

20 dicembre 1997

Place of birth

Kyoto, Japan

Also known as

Ichizô Itami · Yoshihiro Ikeuchi · 池内義弘 · 伊丹一三

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.