Jลซzล Itami

    Jลซzล Itami

    May 15, 1933 (91 years old) in Kyoto, Japan

    Jลซzล Itami (1933โ€“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.

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    Toge no GunzoToge no Gunzo
    55 Days at Peking55 Days at Peking
    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of VengeanceLady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
    Lord JimLord Jim

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