Jūzō Itami
- Birth Date
- 5/15/1933 - 12/20/1997
- Birth Place
- Kyoto, Japan
- Known For
- Directing
Jūzō Itami (1933–1997) was a Japanese actor and, later, a popular modern screenwriter and film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His ten feature-length movies and one short film, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture. He was murdered by the yakuza in December 1997.
