One of Japan's few filmmakers to achieve success both at home and abroad, Juzo Itami (1933-1997) made clever, farcical satires about the rituals of everyday Japanese life. Starting his career as a dir...
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No less than 29 Japanese-directed movies have been featured in a
comprehensive list of ''1,000 films to see before you die'' which was
compiled over recent months by the British newspaper the...
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