Jūzō Itami Movies

  • 1979
    Private Collections

    Private Collections

    Private Collections

    5.21979HD

    Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman...

    Private Collections
  • 1992
    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    6.71992HD

    An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they...

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
  • 1965
    Lord Jim

    Lord Jim

    Lord Jim

    6.81965HD

    After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

    Lord Jim
  • 1985
    Tampopo

    Tampopo

    Tampopo

    7.8571985HD

    In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...

    Tampopo
  • 1974
    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    6.41974HD

    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...

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
  • 1963
    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    6.9941963HD

    Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer...

    55 Days at Peking
  • 1967
    Sing a Song of Sex

    Sing a Song of Sex

    Sing a Song of Sex

    5.71967HD

    Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking...

    Sing a Song of Sex
  • 1988
    A Taxing Woman's Return

    A Taxing Woman's Return

    A Taxing Woman's Return

    6.2831988HD

    Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult...

    A Taxing Woman's Return
  • 1984
    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    7.1831984HD

    When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...

    The Funeral
  • 1987
    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

    6.8531987HD

    Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a...

    A Taxing Woman
  • 1983
    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    6.7831983HD

    A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

    The Family Game
  • 1968
    Human Torpedoes

    Human Torpedoes

    Human Torpedoes

    01968HD

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

    Human Torpedoes
  • 1989
    Sweet Home

    Sweet Home

    Sweet Home

    6.71989HD

    A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under...

    Sweet Home
  • 1979
    No More Easy Life

    No More Easy Life

    No More Easy Life

    71979HD

    Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs...

    No More Easy Life
  • 1996
    Supermarket Woman

    Supermarket Woman

    Supermarket Woman

    6.51996HD

    A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

    Supermarket Woman
  • 1983
    The Makioka Sisters

    The Makioka Sisters

    The Makioka Sisters

    7.2731983HD

    This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a...

    The Makioka Sisters
  • 1961
    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women

    5.91961HD

    Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...

    Ten Dark Women
  • 1979
    Grass Labyrinth

    Grass Labyrinth

    Grass Labyrinth

    7.31979HD

    Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active...

    Grass Labyrinth
  • 1997
    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    6.41997HD

    Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

    Woman in Witness Protection
  • 1960
    The False Student

    The False Student

    The False Student

    6.51960HD

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

    The False Student