Mansaku Itami
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Story
Born Jan 2, 1900 · Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Active 1928–1946 · Awards: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
Mansaku Itami was a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his critical, sometimes satirical portraits of Japan and its history. He is the father of the director Juzo Itami.
Filmography
The Rickshaw Man (1958) — ScreenplayThe Greatest Man in the World (1986) — Original Film WriterChildren Hand in Hand (1964) — ScreenplayLife of Matsu the Untamed (1965) — WriterTenka taiheiki (1928) — ScreenplayChuji for Sale (1935) — Director · Screenplay · StoryChūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen (1934) — ScreenplayI Am a Bodyguard (1950) — ScreenplayThe Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943) — ScreenplayThe Giant (1938) — Director · ScreenplayThe Letter (1936) — Director · ScreenplayThe Wandering Gambler (1928) — Ando Hyoe · Screenplay · Assistant DirectorChildren Hand in Hand (1948) — WriterCapricious Young Man (1935) — Director · WriterThe Daughter of the Samurai (1937) — DirectorThe Greatest Man in the World (1932) — DirectorHometown (1937) — Writer · DirectorMartial Arts Encyclopedia (1934) — Director · ScreenplayProfessional Killer (1932) — DirectorAbekobe dōchū (1962) — Original StoryLove's Zephir Along the Tokaido (1952) — ScreenplayFireworks (1931) — Director · Original Story · Screenplay