Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 15, 1926
Died
May 30, 2006
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
53 titles
Shōhei Imamura
Biography
Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. He was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, but was never Oscar-nominated in any category.
Known For
Filmography
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Self (archive footage)
Wives in 30's to 50's
Second Assistant Director
September 11
Director
2009: Lost Memories
Historian
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Director
Dr. Akagi
Director
The Eel
Director
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
Himself
Black Rain
Screenplay
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Associate Producer
Zegen
Director
Have You Seen the Barefoot God?
Producer
I Lived, But...
Self
The Ballad of Narayama
Screenplay
Eijanaika
Director
Vengeance Is Mine
Director
The Youth Killer
Producer
Fantasia
Director
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
Himself
Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home
Himself
Oreno Shimokita
Self
The Pirates of Buban
Himself
Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand
Director
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Director
Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
Director
Profound Desires of the Gods
Director
East China Sea
Producer
Neon taiheiki
Writer
A Man Vanishes
Self
The Pornographers
Director
Intentions of Murder
Director
The Insect Woman
Director
The Gambling Monk
Screenplay
A Modern Samurai Village
Screenplay
Foundry Town
Screenplay
Pigs and Battleships
Director
My Second Brother
Director
Endless Desire
Director
Nishi Ginza Station
Director
Stolen Desire
Director
Mountain Pass
Assistant Director
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Assistant Director
Hungry Soul
Assistant Director
Our Town
Second Assistant Director
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Assistant Director
The Balloon
Screenplay
Tales of Ginza
Assistant Director
Till We Meet Again
First Assistant Director
Burden of Love
First Assistant Director
The Moon Has Risen
Assistant Director