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Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto

Creative Marriages: Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto

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This director-actor duo collaborated on a string of genre-bending films anchored by fiercely independent women.

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    Directed by Juzo Itami • 1987 • Japan
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