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BIRTHDAY
DIED
December 20, 1997

RECENT CREDITS
Marutai no Onna (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1997
Supermarket Woman (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1996
Marusa no Onna II (FILM)  Jun. 28, 1989
A Taxing Woman (FILM)  May. 13, 1988
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BIOGRAPHY
Itami entered films as an actor and made his directing debut with the assured black comedy, "The Funeral" (1984). He followed it with a series of impressive films--particularly the "noodle western" "Tampopo"....
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Itami entered films as an actor and made his directing debut with the assured black comedy, "The Funeral" (1984). He followed it with a series of impressive films--particularly the "noodle western" "Tampopo" (1986)--that have gained him international acclaim and a host of Japanese Academy Awards. His action comedies, "A Taxing Woman" (1987) and "A Taxing Woman's Return" (1988), have proved popular in the USA, despite the fact that their heroine--played by Itami's wife, Nobuko Miyamoto--is a tax inspector possessed of considerable detective powers. In 1992, he was attacked and had his face slashed after the release of "Minbo--or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion", a satire on the Japanese gangsters. His tenth film, "Marutai no Onna/A Woman in Police Protection", was released in 1997 months before he committed suicide.
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