Movies: Jūzō Itami

  • 1993
    The Last Dance

    The Last Dance (1993)

    The Last Dance

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    A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth o...

    The Last Dance
  • 1997
    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection (1997)

    Woman in Witness Protection

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    Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as...

    Woman in Witness Protection
  • 1969
    Safari 5000

    Safari 5000 (1969)

    Safari 5000

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    A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the ...

    Safari 5000
  • 2007
    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces (2007)

    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

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    A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker....

    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
  • 1979
    No More Easy Life

    No More Easy Life (1979)

    No More Easy Life

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    Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-...

    No More Easy Life
  • 1980
    Until Evening

    Until Evening (1980)

    Until Evening

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    Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel....

    Until Evening
  • 1981
    Island of the Evil Spirits

    Island of the Evil Spirits (1981)

    Island of the Evil Spirits

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    Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold....

    Island of the Evil Spirits
  • 1982
    Kidnapping Blues

    Kidnapping Blues (1982)

    Kidnapping Blues

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    A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During...

    Kidnapping Blues
  • 1979
    Grass Labyrinth

    Grass Labyrinth (1979)

    Grass Labyrinth

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    Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active adulthood, he wants to find the origins of the song. The young man ostensibly wanders into a time-war...

    Grass Labyrinth
  • 1995
    A Quiet Life

    A Quiet Life (1995)

    A Quiet Life

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    A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip....

    A Quiet Life
  • 1992
    The Making of

    The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion" (1992)

    The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Minbo no Onna" a.k.a. "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"....

    The Making of
  • 1993
    Making of Daibyonin

    Making of Daibyonin (1993)

    Making of Daibyonin

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Dance"....

    Making of Daibyonin
  • 2003
    北の国から 記憶 前編

    北の国から 記憶 前編 (2003)

    北の国から 記憶 前編

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    北の国から 記憶 前編
  • 1960
    Kirai Kirai Kirai

    Kirai Kirai Kirai (1960)

    Kirai Kirai Kirai

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    Kirai Kirai Kirai
  • 1975
    I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat (1975)

    I Am a Cat

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    Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almo...

    I Am a Cat
  • 1960
    The False Student

    The False Student (1960)

    The False Student

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    A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students....

    The False Student
  • 1961
    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women (1961)

    Ten Dark Women

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    Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life....

    Ten Dark Women
  • 1964
    The Flame of Devotion

    The Flame of Devotion (1964)

    The Flame of Devotion

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    The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war....

    The Flame of Devotion
  • 1968
    The Notorious Concubines

    The Notorious Concubines (1968)

    The Notorious Concubines

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    Dark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak. Still, this gory, sexy epic is made with style and interesting for to compare to "Yojimbo" and other masterworks of the form....

    The Notorious Concubines
  • 1984
    MacArthur's Children

    MacArthur's Children (1984)

    MacArthur's Children

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    In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops....

    MacArthur's Children