Directing
Jūzō Itami
- Titles
- 58movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 1997, busiest in 1979 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 11titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- 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.
- Satire & Parody4.8average 2.3
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Dark Humor4.0average 2.8
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Absurdist Humor3.1average 2.0
- Cringe Humor3.1average 2.2
- Situational Comedy3.6average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.5average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.9, average 4.9
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Violence3.3, average 4.2
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 5
- Nostalgic 3
- Melancholy 3
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Class Conflict 2
- Community 2
- Everyday Life 2
- Crime Thriller 2
- Avant-Garde 2
- Dream Logic 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- AAkira SuzukiEditorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, The Last Dance, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, The Funeral, +9 more
Nobuko MiyamotoActorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, The Last Dance, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, The Funeral, +8 more
Yonezō MaedaCinematographerA Taxing Woman, The Last Dance, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, The Funeral, A Taxing Woman's Return, +5 more
Masahiko TsugawaActorA Taxing Woman, The Last Dance, A Taxing Woman's Return, Woman in Witness Protection, Supermarket Woman, +1 more
Toshiyuki HondaComposerA Taxing Woman, The Last Dance, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, A Taxing Woman's Return, Woman in Witness Protection, +1 more
Tsutomu YamazakiActorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, The Funeral, A Quiet Life
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerThe Last Dance, The Flame of Devotion, The Big Wave, The False Student
Kaori MomoiActorKidnapping Blues, Until Evening, No More Easy Life
Hōsei KomatsuActorMinbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, Choji Snack Bar, Kidnapping Blues
Yasuo DaichiActorA Taxing Woman, Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, A Taxing Woman's Return
Hideo MurotaActorA Taxing Woman, Island of the Evil Spirits, Kidnapping Blues
Kinzō SakuraActorTampopo, A Taxing Woman, A Taxing Woman's Return
Movies and TV shows
461990s
6 titles · average score 71
Screenplay, Director
Director, Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
Director, Writer
Producer, Director
1980s
18 titles · average score 72
as Kenichi Yamamura
Screenplay, Director
Writer, Director
Producer, Screenplay
as Professor Hirayama
Director, Screenplay
as Kosuke Numata
as Kawara
as Tatsuo
as Walking Man
as Ryuhei Ochi
as Sasa
1970s
7 titles · average score 60
as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
as Principal / Priest / Old man
as Takamizawa
as Meitei
as Ransui Tokunaga
as Dr. Takagi
1960s
15 titles · average score 64
as Iino
as Ôtake
as Kenji Kijima
as Shunji Amemiya
as Waris
as Takuji Yoshii
as Col. Shiba
Screenplay, Director
as Toru
as Hanamaki
as Sozo
as Son of Factory Owner