55 Days at Peking
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Itami died on December 20, 1997 in Tokyo after falling from the roof of the building where his office was located. On his desk was found a suicide note written on a word processor [16] stating that he had been falsely accused of an affair and was taking his life to clear his name.
On this day 25 years ago, Japan lost one of its most renowned and fearless movie directors. Juzo Itami was just 64 when he passed away on December 20, 1997. Officially his death was ruled a suicide, though many believe something more sinister was at play.
Dec 22, 1997 · Juzo Itami, a film director whose satirical portraits of Japanese society brought him worldwide acclaim, leaped to his death from a rooftop late Saturday, police officials said today. He was 64...
The curious death of Juzo Itami: the Japanese director infuriated the yakuza by parodying them; they reacted by cutting his face. He worked on a new expose of the gangsters and the politicians they owned, when he died. He jumped off the roof, supposedly out of shame - but did he choose to do so?
Jan 25, 1998 · Itami's was private. Mishima offered his life for what he saw as a grand cause, the salvation of Japan. Itami blamed his death on a strictly personal issue.
Dec 28, 1998 · The Associated Press reported Dec. 22 that Japanese film director Juzo Itami died after jumping from the top of an eight-storey building that housed his office. Itami was director of the international hit film Tampopo .
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On December 20, 1997, the 64-year-old Itami was found seriously injured on the street below his office and later died in the hospital. A suicide note was left behind by Itami that expressed innocence to a tabloid's accusation of his infidelity with a younger woman.
