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.
Sahei Oumiya
Col. Shiba
Self (archive footage)
Ransui Tokunaga
Ôtake
Waris
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Kenichi Yamamura
Shunji Amemiya
Professor Hirayama
Principal / Priest / Old man
Lawyer
Tatsuo
Mr. Numata
Takamizawa
Son of Factory Owner
Hanamaki
Ryuhei Ochi
Ximen Qing
Meitei
Kawara
Hatano
Sasa
Kumakura
Walking Man
Dr. Takagi
Takuji Yoshii
Toru
Kenji Kijima
Sozo
Self
Self
Iino
Self
Self
Shinji Sakaguchi
Itakura
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self