Directing
Jūzō Itami
- Career
Active from 1960 to 1997, busiest in 1979 with 4 main titles.
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Tampopo88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.9, average 4.8
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Violence3.3, average 4.1
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 5
- Melancholy 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Psychological 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Crime Thriller 2
- Everyday Life 2
- Community 2
- Avant-Garde 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- AAkira SuzukiEditorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, The Funeral, Sweet Home, A Taxing Woman's Return, +9 more
Nobuko MiyamotoActorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, The Funeral, Sweet Home, A Taxing Woman's Return, +8 more
Yonezō MaedaCinematographerA Taxing Woman, The Funeral, Sweet Home, A Taxing Woman's Return, Woman in Witness Protection, +5 more
Masahiko TsugawaActorA Taxing Woman, A Taxing Woman's Return, Woman in Witness Protection, Supermarket Woman, The Last Dance, +1 more
Toshiyuki HondaComposerA Taxing Woman, A Taxing Woman's Return, Woman in Witness Protection, Supermarket Woman, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, +1 more
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerThe Last Dance, Safari 5000, The False Student, The Flame of Devotion, The Big Wave
Tsutomu YamazakiActorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, The Funeral, A Quiet Life
Kaori MomoiActorNo More Easy Life, Kidnapping Blues, Until Evening
Yasuo DaichiActorA Taxing Woman, A Taxing Woman's Return, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Kinzō SakuraActorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, A Taxing Woman's Return
Hideo MurotaActorA Taxing Woman, Island of the Evil Spirits, Kidnapping Blues
Hōsei KomatsuActorChoji Snack Bar, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, Kidnapping Blues
Movies and TV shows
471990s
6 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch score 68Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 69Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 72Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 69Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 86Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 63Writer, Producer
1980s
18 titles · average score 72
GoodWatch score 64as Kenichi Yamamura
GoodWatch score 71Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 75Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 88Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 54as Professor Hirayama
GoodWatch score 88Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 71as Kosuke Numata
as Kawara
as Walking Man
as Ryuhei Ochi
as Sahei Oumiya
as Sasa
1970s
7 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch score 53as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
GoodWatch score 78as Principal / Priest / Old man
as Takamizawa
GoodWatch score 55as Meitei
GoodWatch score 62as Ransui Tokunaga
as Dr. Takagi
1960s
16 titles · average score 64
as Iino
as Kenichi Nomura
GoodWatch score 56as Ôtake
as Kenji Kijima
GoodWatch score 74as Shunji Amemiya
GoodWatch score 60as Waris
as Takuji Yoshii
GoodWatch score 60as Col. Shiba
Director, Screenplay
as Toru
as Sozo
GoodWatch score 72as Son of Factory Owner