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Juzo Itami
Juzo Itami was a Japanese actor, screenwriter, and film director known for his satirical films that mocked Japanese society's corruption and hypocrisy. He was born in 1933 and began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor before shifting to directing in the 1980s. Itami's works included "Tampopo," "A Taxing Woman," and "The Funeral." He died in 1997 under mysterious circumstances, which some speculate to be related to his criticism of the Yakuza.
Titles credited to Juzo Itami
修羅雪姫 怨み恋歌
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries...
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