Jūzō Itami Movies

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.

Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando)...

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

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal murder ensue. And the existence of secret love...

A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

An archery club on retreat in Hokkaido is forced to rescue their teacher who is kidnapped.

A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman's Return".

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman".

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

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".

Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).

Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period who are into games with rubber...