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Directed by Juzo Itami • 1993 • Japan Starring Rentaro Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa, Nobuko Miyamoto. Director Juzo Itami applies his unfailingly light touch to that most serious of topics—death—in this slyly self-reflexive, bittersweet comedy. Buhei Mukai (Rentaro Mikuni) is a successful Japanese mo...
Jun 7, 2017 · Yuzo Itami with wife and actress Nobuko Miyamoto. In late 1997, a Japanese tabloid, Flash Magazine, was preparing a story that alleged 64-year-old Itami was having an affair with a 26-year-old woman. They had black-and-white photos showing Itami and the woman walking down the street and dining at a French restaurant.
May 17, 2022 · A sleek and well-organized three-day set of ceremonies following a death can easily cost more than a new Toyota. So it only makes sense that a satirist like Juzo Itami, son of a well-known prewar director of comical samurai films, would have scandalous fun with this most solemn of rites in a rite-bound society.
Aug 30, 1992 · Mr. Itami is best known in the West for "Tampopo," a hilarious send-up of Japanese noodle-eating habits, and "A Taxing Woman," which turns the adventures of a tax inspector into a revealing look ...
Jan 16, 2024 · January 16, 2024. A review of Juzo Itami’s directorial debut, The Funeral (1984). A playful and human look at the formalities of grieving and how we cope with death. Note: I made a short list of recommendations for Juzo Itami little while ago which also goes into a little bit of detail about his life in general.
The Funeral. Directed by Juzo Itami • 1984 • Japan. Starring Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Chishu Ryu. It’s death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer-director Juzo Itami. In the wake of her father’s sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami’s wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko ...
Sipe, Jeffrey, "Death and Taxes: A Profile of Juzo Itami," in Sight and Sound (London), Summer 1989. Efron, Sonni, "Japanese Director Juzo Itami Recovering after Gang-land-Style Stabbing at Home," in Los Angeles Times , 26 May 1992.
