Jūzō Itami Movies

Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission.

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film...

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor...

An archery club on retreat in Hokkaido is forced to rescue their teacher who is kidnapped.

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Dance".

Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman".

Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel.

A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.

A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo...

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

Kenkichi Godai, a reporter for the social affairs desk, returns home after covering the war-torn Vietnam. Compared to Vietnam, with its gunpowder...