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 Greatest Man in the World (1986) — Original Film WriterLife of Matsu the Untamed (1965) — WriterChildren Hand in Hand (1964) — ScreenplayAbekobe dōchū (1962) — Original StoryThe Rickshaw Man (1958) — ScreenplayLove's Zephir Along the Tokaido (1952) — ScreenplayI Am a Bodyguard (1950) — ScreenplayChildren Hand in Hand (1948) — WriterThe Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943) — ScreenplayThe Giant (1938) — Director · ScreenplayThe Daughter of the Samurai (1937) — DirectorHometown (1937) — Writer · DirectorThe Letter (1936) — Director · ScreenplayChuji for Sale (1935) — Director · Screenplay · StoryCapricious Young Man (1935) — Director · WriterChūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen (1934) — ScreenplayMartial Arts Encyclopedia (1934) — Director · ScreenplayThe Greatest Man in the World (1932) — DirectorProfessional Killer (1932) — DirectorFireworks (1931) — Director · Original Story · ScreenplayTenka taiheiki (1928) — ScreenplayThe Wandering Gambler (1928) — Ando Hyoe · Screenplay · Assistant Director