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Juzo Itami, director of “Tampopo”, has many devoted fans around the world. This is his legendary first short film
RUBBER BAND PISTOL
Ichizo Itami/32：00/Japan/Drama/1964
The first film of Juzo Itami. The film describes a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period, who are into games with rubber band pistols.
Director : Ichizo Itami
Born in Kyoto in 1993. Juzo Itami studied acting at an acting school called Budai Geijutsu Gakuin in Tokyo and first acted on screen in 1960. His debut as director was the movie Osōshiki (The Funeral) in 1984, at the age of 50. The film won many awards, including at the Japanese Academy Awards. After releasing “The Funeral,” he directed nine other films such as “Tampopo,” “A Taxing Woman,” and “Supermarket Woman.”
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