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Juzo Itami
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: May 15, 1933 in Kyoto, Japan Death: December 20, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan Biography:In the 1980s, "Juzo Itami" reached a level of international fame that had not been accorded to any Japanese director since the 1960s. Itami's surprisingly direct satirical look at Japan's rigid society made him the darling of foreign critics and domestic audiences alike. His films also mark the re-emergence of Japanese films as an international presence, paving the way for later directors, such as "Takeshi Kitano", "Masayuki Suo", and Hiroyuki Kore-eda
Born Ikeuchi Yoshihiro, Itami was the son of noted samurai director "Mansaku Itami". Itami took up his father's profession only after working as a bantamweight boxer, a band organizer, an essayist, a translator of such American authors as William Styron, a talk show host, and as an actor. He played a supporting role, credited as "Ichizo Itami", in such American productions as "Nicholas Ray"'s "55 Days at Peking" (1963) and "Lord Jim" (1965); in Japan,... Full Biography
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