
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 died under suspicious circumstances in December 1997 and may have been murdered by the yakuza.

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self

as Kenichi Yamamura

as Self

as Professor Hirayama

as Hatano

as Kumakura

as Kawara

as Itakura

as Tatsuo

as Kosuke Numata

as Walking Man

as Ryuhei Ochi

as Sahei Oumiya

as Lawyer

as Sasa

as Takamizawa

as Principal / Priest / Old man

as (segment "Kusa-Meikyu")

as Meitei

as Dr. Takagi

as Ransui Tokunaga

as Iino

as Kenichi Nomura

as Shinji Sakaguchi

as Kenkichi Godai

as Ximen Qing

as Kenji Kijima

as Ôtake

as Shunji Amemiya

as Waris

as Takuji Yoshii

as Col. Shiba

as Hanamaki

as Toru

as Son of Factory Owner

as Sozo