FILM DIRECTOR

Juzo Itami

1933 - 1997

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Juzo Itami (伊丹 十三, Itami Jūzō), born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi (池内 義弘, Ikeuchi Yoshihiro; May 15, 1933 – December 20, 1997), was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films (one short and ten features), all of which he wrote himself. He is the namesake of the Juzo Itami Award, founded in 2009 to honor his legacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juzo Itami is the 928th most popular film director (down from 584th in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 864th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Juzo Itami ranks 928 out of 2,041. Before him are Mimi Leder, Albert Capellani, Masoud Kimiai, Shinya Tsukamoto, Hideo Nakata, and Ol Parker. After him are Kote Marjanishvili, John M. Stahl, Ludwig Berger, Godfrey Reggio, Mark L. Lester, and Wilfred Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Juzo Itami ranks 331. Before him are Ágnes Gergely, Frank Gorshin, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Lou Rawls, Vladimir Melanin, and Nicholas Pileggi. After him are Diane Disney Miller, Muhamed Mujić, Leonid Kharitonov, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, and Jimmy Murray. Among people deceased in 1997, Juzo Itami ranks 202. Before him are Bozorg Alavi, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Corneliu Baba, Arthur Machado, Kathy Acker, and Luigi Cantone. After him are Chūhei Nambu, Ivan Yarygin, Robert Pinget, Tete Montoliu, Roger Marche, and Voldemar Väli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Juzo Itami ranks 1,232 out of 6,245. Before him are Miyoshi Umeki (1929), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Sunao Tawara (1873), and Michiko Matsuda (1966). After him are Shinichi Kawano (1969), Damo Suzuki (1950), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Koji Kondo (1961), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), and Peter Takeo Okada (1941).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Juzo Itami ranks 42. Before him are Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Masato Harada (1949), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), and Hideo Nakata (1961). After him are Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sion Sono (1961), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), and Kei Kumai (1930).

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