Jūzō Itami Movies

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of...

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of a Golden Geisha".

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal murder ensue. And the existence of secret love...

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...

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

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

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

A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.

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...

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

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

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period who are into games with rubber...

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

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.