Jūzō Itami (1933–1997) was a Japanese actor and, later, a popular modern screenwriter and film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His ten feature-length movies and one short film, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture. He was murdered by the yakuza in December 1997.

• お葬式 (1984)

  
• タンポポ (1985)

  
• マルサの女 (1987)

  
• マルサの女2 (1988)

  
• 家族ゲーム (1983)