Jūzō Itami Movies

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

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...

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".

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...

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...

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...

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".

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

A special feature included with the Juzo Itami Film Collection about the production of "Super no Onna" a.k.a. "Supermarkt Woman".

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

A documentary about the Juzo Itami memorial museum in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

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.

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

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

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...

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...

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...

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.